Arvind Kejriwal Arrested By Enforcement Directorate In Liquor Policy Case Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the alleged liquor policy scam, unleashing waves of protest by thousands of the party workers and supporters and strident condemnation from the leaders of the Opposition. The arrest of a serving Chief Minister -- an unprecedented, seismic development in national politics -- comes just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha election. The Aam Aadmi Party has knocked at the doors of the Supreme Court. The hearing is due tomorrow. The party has also said that Mr Kejriwal will continue to discharge his duties from jail – a prospect that may create a constitutional crisis, legal experts have said. The central agency, which was investigating the money laundering angle in the case, turned up at Mr Kejriwal's house in the evening. After a search and questioning session, he was arrested around 9 pm and taken to the ED office in Delhi two hours later. He will remain in the ED lock-up tonight after a medical check-up from the RML hospital, sources said. Speaking from outside the Chief Minister's official residence on Thursday, Delhi minister Atishi said Mr Kejriwal's arrest is a "conspiracy by the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi". "Mr Kejriwal is not just a man, he is an idea. If you think arresting one Kejriwal can finish off the idea, you are wrong. Mr Kejriwal is, was and will remain the Delhi chief minister. We have said from the beginning that he will run the government from jail if need be. He has not been convicted... No law stops him from doing so," she said in Hindi. At a post-midnight press conference, AAP said it was called a nationwide protest against the BJP on Friday. In Delhi, the protest will take place outside the BJP headquarters. "All the INDIA bloc parties stand with us,' said Ms Atishi, who is second to Mr Kejriwal in the Delhi government. The arrest too place after Mr Kejriwal skipped the ninth summons for questioning by the ED earlier on Thursday. Later in the day, the Delhi High Court refused to grant him protection from arrest. An ED team, comprising 12 officials and led by Additional Director Kapil Raj -- the officer who arrested former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in January – had reached Mr Kejriwal's residence with a search warrant. His and his wife's phones were confiscated and data was transferred from two tablets and a laptop at his home. As the ED officials carried out their questioning inside the residence, Delhi Police and Rapid Action Force personnel as well as CRPF teams were deployed outside. Prohibitory orders were imposed in the area outside the residence and several AAP workers, who had gathered to protest Mr Kejriwal's arrest, were detained. https://today-news.co.in/2024/03/22/arvind-kejriwal-arrested-by-enforcement-directorate-in-liquor-policy-case/