Kejriwal, in his affidavit, has refuted ED's claims of destruction or disappearance of evidence related to mobile phones, saying there is no evidence to support such allegations against him. The AAP supremo has condemned his arrest as politically motivated and argued that it unfairly benefits the ruling party during the ongoing elections while compromising the principle of 'free and fair elections'.
He termed the ED's claims of "large-scale destruction of evidence" as baseless and devoid of merit, calling them a desperate attempt to rationalize his illegal arrest.
The CM has criticized the conduct of the ED, accusing them of arbitrariness and disregard for due process.
The AAP leader described the case as a prime example of misuse of agencies like ED by the central government to suppress political opponents.He reiterated his stand that the ED action was part of a concerted effort to weaken the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its leaders.
In the previous hearing, the top court had issued notice to the ED and ordered Kejriwal's special leave plea to be listed for further hearing in the week starting April 2.
The top court had asked the federal anti-money laundering agency to file its reply by April 24 and allowed the petitioner party to file counter affidavit, if any, till April 27.
The affidavit filed by the ED deputy director said that Kejriwal's petition had no merit and his arrest was necessary due to his "non-cooperative attitude".
The affidavit states that Kejriwal was avoiding questioning by not appearing before the investigating officer despite being summoned nine times and while recording his statement under Section 17 of the PMLA, he was evasive and completely uncooperative in answering questions. Were saving.CM Kejriwal has approached the Supreme Court challenging the rejection of his petition by the Delhi High Court.
Earlier, a bench of Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma of the Delhi High Court also took note of the ED's submission that the federal anti-money laundering agency had sufficient material, including statements of approvers and allegations of their involvement in the formulation of the excise policy. Are. Prompted them to arrest him.
The ED has denied that Kejriwal's arrest in the Delhi Excise policy case was based on late contradictory or coerced statements of other accused obtained in return for no objection to his bail and said its case was strong. Was.
ED claimed in its affidavit that CM Kejriwal had argued before the Delhi PMLA court that he had no objection to extension of custody/remand."The petitioner has waived his right to question his detention as on today's date and the petitioner cannot be permitted to argue that his detention as on today is illegal and the present petition alone It can be rejected on this basis."
The agency also claimed that during the search on March 21, CM Kejriwal was asked for the password of his mobile phone and then during his ED custody, he was asked for the password again and his answer was recorded in his statement, in which he shared the same. Refused to do.
I further said, "His statements during custody would also reveal that despite being confronted with the material, the petitioner chose to give completely evasive answers."
ED had arrested CM Kejriwal on March 21 after interrogating him for more than two hours at his official residence in Delhi and he is currently lodged in Tihar Jail.
The ED has termed CM Kejriwal as the "kingpin and main conspirator" of the alleged excise duty scam in connivance with other Delhi government ministers, AAP leaders and other persons.
He termed the ED's claims of "large-scale destruction of evidence" as baseless and devoid of merit, calling them a desperate attempt to rationalize his illegal arrest.
The CM has criticized the conduct of the ED, accusing them of arbitrariness and disregard for due process.
The AAP leader described the case as a prime example of misuse of agencies like ED by the central government to suppress political opponents.He reiterated his stand that the ED action was part of a concerted effort to weaken the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and its leaders.
In the previous hearing, the top court had issued notice to the ED and ordered Kejriwal's special leave plea to be listed for further hearing in the week starting April 2.
The top court had asked the federal anti-money laundering agency to file its reply by April 24 and allowed the petitioner party to file counter affidavit, if any, till April 27.
The affidavit filed by the ED deputy director said that Kejriwal's petition had no merit and his arrest was necessary due to his "non-cooperative attitude".
The affidavit states that Kejriwal was avoiding questioning by not appearing before the investigating officer despite being summoned nine times and while recording his statement under Section 17 of the PMLA, he was evasive and completely uncooperative in answering questions. Were saving.CM Kejriwal has approached the Supreme Court challenging the rejection of his petition by the Delhi High Court.
Earlier, a bench of Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma of the Delhi High Court also took note of the ED's submission that the federal anti-money laundering agency had sufficient material, including statements of approvers and allegations of their involvement in the formulation of the excise policy. Are. Prompted them to arrest him.
The ED has denied that Kejriwal's arrest in the Delhi Excise policy case was based on late contradictory or coerced statements of other accused obtained in return for no objection to his bail and said its case was strong. Was.
ED claimed in its affidavit that CM Kejriwal had argued before the Delhi PMLA court that he had no objection to extension of custody/remand."The petitioner has waived his right to question his detention as on today's date and the petitioner cannot be permitted to argue that his detention as on today is illegal and the present petition alone It can be rejected on this basis."
The agency also claimed that during the search on March 21, CM Kejriwal was asked for the password of his mobile phone and then during his ED custody, he was asked for the password again and his answer was recorded in his statement, in which he shared the same. Refused to do.
I further said, "His statements during custody would also reveal that despite being confronted with the material, the petitioner chose to give completely evasive answers."
ED had arrested CM Kejriwal on March 21 after interrogating him for more than two hours at his official residence in Delhi and he is currently lodged in Tihar Jail.
The ED has termed CM Kejriwal as the "kingpin and main conspirator" of the alleged excise duty scam in connivance with other Delhi government ministers, AAP leaders and other persons.
