Excise coverage CBI case: Delhi courtroom extends Arvind Kejriwal’s judicial custody until August 20 | Delhi Information

NEW DELHI: A Delhi courtroom on Thursday prolonged Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal‘s judicial custody until August 20 in a case filed by the CBI in reference to the state’s now-scrapped excise coverage.
The Delhi excessive courtroom lately upheld the arrest of Kejriwal by the CBI in reference to the alleged excise coverage rip-off. Kejriwal was initially arrested by the CBI on 26 June whereas he was in Tihar Jail, the place he was already in judicial custody resulting from a associated cash laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Kejriwal, who had been arrested by the ED on 21 March, was granted bail by the trial courtroom within the cash laundering case on 20 June.Nonetheless, the excessive courtroom stayed the trial courtroom’s order.
Subsequently, on 12 July, the Supreme Courtroom granted him interim bail within the cash laundering case.
The excise coverage on the centre of the controversy was scrapped in 2022 after the Delhi lieutenant governor ordered a CBI investigation into alleged irregularities and corruption in its formulation and execution.
Based on the CBI and ED, the coverage was modified in a method that led to irregularities and undue favours being prolonged to licence holders.
(With inputs from businesses)