"Why Before Polls?" Top Court Asks Probe Agency On Arvind Kejriwal Arrest

New Delhi:

The Supreme Court today threw a question to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on why Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested just before the general elections began.

Mr Kejriwal had challenged his arrest in the Delhi liquor policy case. Explaining the reason behind why the question of the timing of the arrest arose, Justice Sanjeev Khanna told the ED to explain whether the central agency can take up criminal proceedings without having gone through judicial proceedings in the case. "No attachment action has been taken so far in this case, and if it has been done, then show how Kejriwal is involved in the matter," Justice Khanna said.