A Delhi Court extended judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the CBI case registered in connection with alleged liquor scam till August 8. Hearing the case on Thursday, July 25, the Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court extended Kejriwal’s judicial custody in the case probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation on the expiry of his remand period. The Aam Aadmi Party leader was produced via video conferencing from Tihar prison.
Earlier, the Supreme Court had granted interim bail to Kejriwal in the money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the alleged scam. However, he was not released from prison owing to the CBI case.
The ED arrested Arvind Kejriwal on March 21 in connection with an alleged scam in the scrapped Delhi liquor policy. The CBI arrested him from Tihar prison on June 26 in a prevention of corruption case registered in connection with the alleged scam. The matter relates to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi government’s excise policy for 2021-22, which has now been scrapped.