A Delhi court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha, and Aam Aadmi Party’s alleged fund manager for Goa elections, Chanpreet Singh, until May 7 in connection with a money laundering case linked to the now scrapped Delhi excise policy. Additionally, the court extended Kavitha’s judicial custody till May 7 in a CBI case related to the same policy. All three accused were produced before the court through a virtual conference.
The decision follows the rejection of a plea by the Aam Aadmi Party convenor seeking 15 minutes of daily medical consultation with his doctor in the presence of his wife, Sunita Kejriwal, by the court on Monday.
The Delhi court directed that necessary medical treatment be provided to Kejriwal, and in case of any requirement for special consultation, Tihar jail authorities shall consult a medical board constituted by the AIIMS director, consisting of an endocrinologist and a diabetologist.
Kejriwal’s blood sugar level spiked on Monday evening, resulting in the administration of a “low dose” of insulin, according to officials of Tihar jail. AAP welcomed this development, attributing it to the blessings of Hanuman Jayanti. Kejriwal was given two units of low dose insulin on Monday evening based on the advice of AIIMS doctors.
Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) after the Delhi High Court declined to grant him protection from coercive action by the central agency.
Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, remains in judicial custody in both cases lodged by the ED and the CBI. The CBI had arrested the Telangana MLC from Tihar Jail, where she was lodged after her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case stemming from the alleged scam.
Meanwhile, the ED had arrested Chanpreet Singh, the individual who allegedly managed Aam Aadmi Party’s funds for the Goa assembly elections in 2022, which were procured through alleged bribes in the Delhi excise policy.
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