The Rouse Avenue court in Delhi on Thursday extended Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Enforcement Directorate custody by four days till April 1. The ED had sought that the remand be extended by 7 days.

The ED on Thursday moved a remand application stating that they require Kejriwal’s further custodial interrogation to confront him with some other people, ANI reported. Kejriwal was earlier sent to 7-day ED custody on March 22.

The ED represented by Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju, submitted that Kejriwal’s statement have been recorded, to which he gave evasive replies. He is deliberately not cooperating with us, the ASG said.

SV Raju said before the court that during custody, Kejriwal did not disclose any password and hence it does not have access to digital data.

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The Delhi Chief Minister also made a statement before the court on Thursday.

“I was arrested, but no court has proven me guilty yet. CBI filed 31,000 pages and ED has filed 25,000 pages related to this matter. Even if you read them together, I would like to ask why have I been arrested,” Kejriwal asked.

“My name came to light only in four statements of four people. Are these four statements made by different people sufficient to arrest a sitting Chief Minister?” Kejriwal asked.

He added, “You may keep me in remand as long as you like… I am ready for investigation.”

Meanwhile, the ED said, “He has not disclosed the passwords so we do not have access to digital data. He says he will speak to his lawyers and then decide whether the passwords are to be given or not. If he does not we will have to break open the passwords.”

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The ED also argued that apart from personal investment, being the AAP convenor, the money was spent on AAP campaigns in Goa. The ED said that there are several statements and a Chief Minister is not above the law.

Senior advocate Ramesh Gupta, who appeared for Kejriwal, opposed the remand plea of the ED.

(With inputs from ANI)