Excise ‘scam’: Delhi High Court asks CBI to reply to Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging arrest

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday asked the CBI to respond to a plea by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest in a corruption case related to the excise policy ‘scam’.

Justice Neena Bansal Krishna issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and asked it to file its reply within seven days.

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The high court said Kejriwal’s counsel may file a rejoinder, if any, within two days thereafter.

It listed the matter for arguments July 17.

Besides his arrest, the AAP national convener has also challenged the trial court’s June 26 and June 29 orders by which he was remanded to three-day CBI custody and judicial custody till July 12 respectively.

Kejriwal, 55, was arrested by the CBI June 26 from Tihar Jail, where he was in judicial custody in a connected money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

PTI