No protection from arrest: Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to grant protection from arrest to Kejriwal in the Delhi liquor policy money laundering case. This came after the Delhi CM had filed an application in the Delhi HC seeking interim relief from arrest. This was a part of his petition challenging the nine ED summons he received in the money laundering case.
Arvind Kejriwal Arrest News LIVE 2. ED raided CM's residence The ED officials began conducting searches at the AAP convener's official residence after the Delhi HC refused to grant him protection from arrest. A 10-member team of ED reached his residence and within two hours, the Aam Aadmi Party leader was arrested after the ED team began its search on the premises.
During the ED investigation inside Delhi CM's residence, heavy security forces were deployed near his residence to deal with any adverse situation. Additional Delhi police personnel and Rapid Action Force and CRPF teams were deployed around the chief minister's residence. Senior AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday night said that ED did not find any evidence at Arvind Kejriwal’s residence during their search.
All ED found was ₹70,000 which they returned, said Bharadwaj, who was present at Kejriwal's Civil Line residence when ED arrested him. The agency did not find any evidence, any property documents, illegal money or any money trail during their raid, he added. Bharadwaj claimed that the ED searched the chief minister's residence and took his mobile phone before arresting him.
Kejriwal, who was arrested by the ED moved to the Supreme Court. However, he did not receive any special hearing late at night. Sources told news agency ANI that no special bench was set up on Thursday night to hear
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