Addressing the Rouse Avenue Court, CM Kejriwal alleged that CBI sources were constructing a false narrative in the media to malign the image of the ruling party in the national capital and its leaders.
“I have never testified that Manish Sisodia is guilty. Manish Sisodia is innocent, AAP is innocent, I am innocent,” he said.
During the hearing, the CBI lawyer emphasized that custodial interrogation of CM Kejriwal was necessary as he transferred all responsibility to former deputy CM Sisodia, who was handling the liquor portfolio at the relevant time.
Meanwhile, a special court headed by retiring judge Amitabh Rawat reserved its order on the CBI's application seeking five-day custody of the AAP top official in the liquor case.
Earlier in the day, CM Kejriwal, who was produced before the Rouse Avenue Court, was formally arrested by the CBI.
The CBI was granted permission to produce CM Kejriwal before the special court on Wednesday after he was questioned by the agency in Tihar jail.
CM Kejriwal withdrew his plea filed in the Supreme Court challenging the interim stay ordered by the Delhi High Court on his bail in the money laundering case linked to the same case.
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the AAP supremo, submitted before a vacation bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti that a fresh plea would be filed before the top court in view of the latest decision of the Delhi High Court which suspended the order of the trial court. granting bail to CM Kejriwal in money laundering case.
In its final verdict pronounced on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that the trial court Vacation Bench did not apply its mind to all the material and should give equal opportunity to the ED to argue the bail application.
“I have never testified that Manish Sisodia is guilty. Manish Sisodia is innocent, AAP is innocent, I am innocent,” he said.
During the hearing, the CBI lawyer emphasized that custodial interrogation of CM Kejriwal was necessary as he transferred all responsibility to former deputy CM Sisodia, who was handling the liquor portfolio at the relevant time.
Meanwhile, a special court headed by retiring judge Amitabh Rawat reserved its order on the CBI's application seeking five-day custody of the AAP top official in the liquor case.
Earlier in the day, CM Kejriwal, who was produced before the Rouse Avenue Court, was formally arrested by the CBI.
The CBI was granted permission to produce CM Kejriwal before the special court on Wednesday after he was questioned by the agency in Tihar jail.
CM Kejriwal withdrew his plea filed in the Supreme Court challenging the interim stay ordered by the Delhi High Court on his bail in the money laundering case linked to the same case.
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the AAP supremo, submitted before a vacation bench of Justices Manoj Misra and SVN Bhatti that a fresh plea would be filed before the top court in view of the latest decision of the Delhi High Court which suspended the order of the trial court. granting bail to CM Kejriwal in money laundering case.
In its final verdict pronounced on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that the trial court Vacation Bench did not apply its mind to all the material and should give equal opportunity to the ED to argue the bail application.
