In a setback, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s plea for interim bail was denied by a Delhi court on Wednesday.
Claiming that Kejriwal has lost seven kgs of weight and the ketone levels in his body are high, the party had said, “These may be symptoms of some serious disease. MAX hospital doctors examined him. He needs to undergo a PET-CT scan and many other tests. He has sought seven days to get the investigation done.”
Judge Kaveri Baweja, who passed the order, said “I have issued certain directions for his diagnostic tests to be conducted.” The court has extended his judicial custody till June 19, he will now be produced before a vacation judge on that day.
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The Aam Aadmi Party’s national convenor had sought interim bail for seven days citing medical reasons. He is currently lodged in the Tihar jail. The Enforcement Directorate is probing money laundering charges against him in the Delhi Excise Policy case.
On May 10, the Supreme Court allowed the AAP chief interim bail till June 1, the last day of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections, and directed him to surrender and return to jail on June 2. Kejriwal surrendered and is currently in jail.
Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 in connection with the Delhi excise policy case following extensive questioning by an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team at his residence.
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This came as a significant setback to the ruling party in the national capital, especially as prominent leaders like Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain were already behind bars on corruption allegations and Sanjay Singh was out recently on bail.