Anyone found challenging the security, sovereignty and integrity of the nation will face harsh legal consequences, said Union home minister Amit Shah.
K Kavitha Arrest | BRS’ K Kavitha Flown To Delhi After Dramatic Arrest From Hyderabad Home | N18VBRS leader K Kavitha, arrested from her Hyderabad home by the Enforcement Directorate last evening in the Delhi liquor policy case, was taken to the agency’s headquarters in the national capital around midnight. The agency moved her to Delhi for further questioning in the case.After landing in the city, she was taken to the agency’s office, where medical tests were done.The agency will produce former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s daughter before the Rouse Avenue court at 10:30 am today to seek her remand for custodial interrogation.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been granted bail by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court against arrest for skipping probe agency summons in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. He was asked to furnish a personal bond of Rs 15,000 and a security bond of Rs 1 lakh for the bail.
The Delhi Chief Minister violated Section 174 of the Indian Penal Code – which deals with disobeying a legal order to be at a certain place in person or by agent – when he skipped the Enforcement Directorate’s repeated summons in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
The court summoned the AAP chief after the Enforcement Directorate, which wants to question Mr Kejriwal in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, told the court that the Chief Minister skipped eight summons issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Arvind Kejriwal will not have to appear in person for the next hearing of the case on April 1.
Skipping the ED summons, Mr Kejriwal accused the Narendra Modi government of using central agencies to target Opposition leaders.
The ED’s latest summons came late in February and asked the Chief Minister to appear for questioning on March 4. However, Mr Kejriwal, who skipped the “illegal” summons, said he would appear only through video-conferencing.
But the financial probe agency insisted he appears physically and said there is no provision for questioning virtually.
Top AAP leaders – former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh – have been arrested by the ED in a money laundering case relating to Delhi’s now-scrapped excise policy.
Mr Kejriwal’s name cropped up multiple times in the ED’s charge sheets. The agency said that the accused in the case were in touch with the Chief Minister when the excise policy was being drafted.