CBI opposes bail to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi liquour scam case

In an additional chargesheet submitted with the case, the CBI defended Arvind Kejriwal's detention and referred to him as the "sutradhaar" of the liquor policy case. The court postponed making a decision in the case after the hearing. Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, was arrested on Monday, and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) justified it by referring to him as the "sutradhaar" of the liquor policy case.

Calling Arvind Kejriwal the scam's mastermind, the CBI said the Delhi High Court that without his detention, the inquiry could not have been finished.

The Enforcement Directorate detained Arvind Kejriwal, the national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party, on March 21 of this year in connection with a money laundering case involving the purported liquor policy.

Advocate DP Singh, the CBI's attorney, contended in court that Kejriwal is not entitled to release simply because the chargesheet was filed.

He drew attention to the fact that AAP leader Manish Sisodia and Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha also had chargesheets filed against them, but the courts had granted them bail. In this case, Sisodia and Kavitha are co-accused.

In an attempt to disprove Kejriwal's role in the purported scam, the CBI cited his hasty distribution of the policy and his signature as cabinet leader. Moreover, it is asserted that all of this occurred during the second lockdown the nation experienced as a result of the Covid-19 epidemic, and that members of the purported "South Group" flew planes to the capital to have meetings.