According to the senior attorney, the primary offence in the case was reported by the CBI, and there were similarities in the facts and background between the CBI’s and the Enforcement Directorate’s cases.
Senior attorney Abhishek Manu Singhvi has made a compelling case for his client, arguing that politics is at play in relation to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate and the CBI in connection with the alleged liquor policy scam and that the prosecution’s strategy is not one that “prosecutors or even persecutors” would use.
In an exclusive interview with NDTV on Friday, Mr. Singhvi further asserted that the AAP chief’s detention by the CBI shortly after his release on bail in the ED case is evidence of political meddling. He even came up with a new phrase for this: “insurance arrest.”
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The Congress leader’s comments came hours after the Supreme Court granted Mr Kejriwal bail in the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act being investigated by the ED. The chief minister will, however, remain in jail because he is yet to get relief in the case filed by the CBI.
When it was pointed out to him that the accused have been arrested by both CBI and the ED in the past, a combative Mr Singhvi said, “You are absolutely right, but just because something happens several times doesn’t make it right.”
“Consider four dates and four facts just for yourself. You don’t need to be a lawyer. The so-called liquor scam starts with documents registered officially in mid-2022. Mr Kejriwal is interrogated for nine hours by the CBI in mid-2023, one year later. He is arrested by the ED in March 2024 after the elections are announced and then arrested by the CBI, when he is already in custody, in June 2024,” he said.
The senior advocate argued that the main offence in the case was filed by the CBI and the facts and context in the cases by both agencies were similar, raising the question of why there was a need to arrest Mr Kejriwal separately.
“Is he a flight risk, is he running away, is he interfering with witnesses? Why did you need to arrest him in June? This is nothing but mala fide writ large, politics writ large,” he said.
Pointing out that Mr Kejriwal was questioned for nine hours by the CBI in 2023 and never after that, he claimed the chief minister being taken into custody in June reeked of an “insurance arrest” because the agencies knew that the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act was weak.
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The CBI case is still pending. Since there is no flight danger, our case in the CBI case is actually stronger. However, the prosecutor and the government are aware that the procedure serves as punishment. Thus, they are postponing it and making an insurance arrest. I’m starting from the bottom now and working my way up to the Supreme Court and High Court to gain relief. However, your goal has been accomplished. You’ve added several weeks to (the incarceration stay)… Prosecutors and even persecutors do not operate in this manner,” he declared.
Referencing the Supreme Court order, Mr Singhvi said the bench had also stated that mere interrogation cannot be “a need or necessity” for arrest.
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