Chief minister Bhagwant Mann will go to meet cm Kejriwal…
Punjab cm Bhagwant Mann will go to tihar jail to meet delhi cm Arvind Kejriwal. punjab Chief Minister's office has written a letter to Tihar Jail. chief minister Bhagwant Mann has sought time to meet cm Kejriwal. On march 21, ED arrested the delhi cm in the excise policy case. He will remain in jail in judicial custody till april 15. Meanwhile, the delhi High court on wednesday (April 3) reserved its verdict on chief minister Kejriwal's petition, in which he has challenged his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Justice Swarnakanta Sharma, after hearing the arguments presented by both the parties - aam aadmi party (AAP) leader kejriwal and the ED - said, 'I am reserving the decision.'
The AAP national convenor, who was arrested by the ED on march 21, questioned the 'timing' of his arrest and said it was a violation of the basic structure of the Constitution including providing free and fair elections and level playing field. Senior advocate abhishek singhvi presented arguments on behalf of Kejriwal.
On behalf of the agency, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S. V. Raju opposed the petition saying that the case prima facie constitutes the offense of money laundering and at present, the investigation against the petitioner is in the preliminary stage. The ASG denied allegations of bias against the ED and said their case was based on evidence and 'the culprits must be arrested and sent to jail'. It was also argued by the ED that the petition attacks the first detention order passed against the petitioner and not the subsequent orders. For the first time, the court had ordered to send delhi cm kejriwal to ED custody till march 28.
