Daily Briefing: All you need to know about Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest and the ED’s case against him

👉 Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was on Friday remanded in Enforcement Directorate custody until March 28, hours after the agency told a Delhi court that he was the “kingpin and key conspirator of the Delhi excise scam” being probed by the agency. The ED stated that the excise policy was made by the AAP to fund the Goa elections. 

👉 In today’s Opinion piece, Pratap Bhanu Mehta says that the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is a watershed moment in India’s slide towards a full-blown tyranny. “If you have a government that does not allow the Opposition to mobilise, organise and govern, it is hard to pretend that we are a democracy,” he says. 

👉 While seeking remand of Arvind Kejriwal, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju told a Delhi Court that even though Kejriwal has not been named as an accused in the Delhi excise policy case, he can be booked for the offence of laundering “proceeds of crime” derived from the case. What is a predicate offence and how can an individual be booked for money laundering separately? We explain

👉 No Holi celebrations, protests against the BJP and the Prime Minister, and an all-India dharna — these top the list of activities planned by AAP, along with INDIA bloc leaders, to protest against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest. We give you the details of AAP’s 4-day protest plan

👉 From “Bribes” received from South Group being funnelled into AAP’s Goa Assembly poll campaign through hawala transactions to Arvind Kejriwal being “intrinsically involved in the acts of (excise) policy formulation, what has the ED claimed in its remand application? Read the details here.

Until next time,

Aradhana Kalia

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