NEW DELHI, Apr 1: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was dropped at Tihar Jail right here on Monday after a metropolis courtroom despatched him to judicial custody until April 15, officers mentioned.
Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate in reference to an excise policy-linked cash laundering case.
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“He was dropped at Tihar jail and might be lodged in Jail quantity 2. He was taken for a medical examination. He might be stored in a separate cell,” a jail official mentioned.
AAP chief Sanjay Singh, who was arrested in October final yr in the identical case, was earlier lodged in jail quantity 2 however was shifted to Jail quantity 5 just lately.
Kejriwal’s former deputy Manish Sisodia, who’s in jail in reference to the identical case, is lodged in Jail number one, whereas BRS chief Ok Kavitha is in Jail quantity 6 of the ladies’s jail.
Earlier within the day, Kejriwal was produced within the courtroom of Particular Choose Kaveri Baweja after his Enforcement Directorate custody got here to an finish. The ED had sought 15-day judicial custody of Kejriwal, saying he was “completely uncooperative”. (Companies)
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