Delhi HC to hear Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest by ED

March 27, 2024

New Delhi : The Delhi High Court will hear Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday. Kejriwal has filed a plea before the Delhi High Court, saying that the ED has violated his fundamental and human rights.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief has argued that the ED has failed to establish guilt of the petitioner.

“The DOE has at the time of arrest has failed to establish that Petitioner is guilty of committing activities stipulated under Section 3, i.e., be it one of concealment, possession, acquisition, use of proceeds of crime as much as projecting it as untainted property or claiming it to be so,” Kejriwal’s legal team pleaded.

The Chief Minister has further said that the arrest of the petitioner without any questioning shows that the proceedings against him are pre-mediated and political.

“The fact that the Petitioner was arrested without any interrogation or questioning clearly show that the present proceedings of arrest is pre-meditated and nothing but an act of political vendetta to skew the balance and level-playing field in the General Election, 2024,” his legal team said.

Kejriwal has sought immediate release from prison and quashing of the remand order against him.