Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has withdrawn from the Supreme Court a petition against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the AAP chief, told the court that he would rather argue against the arrest before the remand judge in the trial court.A special Supreme Court bench, headed by justice Sanjiv Khanna, had agreed to hear his petition against his arrest in connection with a money-laundering probe linked to the Delhi liquor policy scam case.
AAP claims Arvind Kejriwal's family in house arrest
Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi's minister Gopal Rai on Friday morning claimed that Arvind Kejriwal's family had been put under "house arrest". The politician claimed the authorities stopped him from visiting the family, hours after the Delhi chief minister's arrest.
"I have come here to meet his family but they have been put under house arrest. Under which law am I being stopped from meeting his family?" Rai told reporters.
AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj also claimed that the Centre was not allowing anyone to meet Kejriwal's family.
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