Arvind Kejriwal the Chief Minister of Delhi was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi liquor scam. He was arrested yesterday at around 9 pm after two hours of inquiry at his residence.

Before the arrest, the ED had issued nine summons to Arvind Kejriwal for an inquiry into the Delhi liquor scam. But Arvind refused to appear for an inquiry giving different reasons. Moreover, it was been said by the AAP that the summons were illegal.

The petition by Arvind Kejriwal was rejected

After the ninth summons, Kejriwal filed a petition in the Delhi High Court to seek protection. The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected Arvind Kejriwal’s petition seeking protection from arrest in the liquor policy case and refused to stay the arrest.

ED had sent the ninth summons to CM Arvind Kejriwal, in which he had to appear before the ED on Thursday. Instead of appearing to ED Kejriwal moved the Delhi High Court against it. After the hearing, the court refused to grant relief and said, “We cannot give any interim protection regarding the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal.”

After the court denied giving any interim protection, the ED team went to the residence of Kejriwal with a search warrant at around 7 pm. Moreover, officers also searched his house along with the inquiry. After the search and inquiry, the ED arrested him.

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He will remain Chief Minister

After Kejriwal’s arrest, Atishi said that Arvind Kejriwal was, is and will remain the Chief Minister. He will not resign from his post. AAP government will run from jail.

Atishi is the minister of the Delhi Government as well as spokesperson of the Aam Aadmi Party. Kejriwal is also the Convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi expressed his displeasure on the issue of Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest in the excise policy scam. “A scared dictator wants to create a dead democracy” Rahul Gandhi said on Kejriwal’s arrest