Delhi Police detains people for raising slogans in support of Arvind Kejriwal during IPL Match

Delhi Police on Tuesday detained some people who were raising slogans in support of Arvind Kejriwal during the IPL Match between Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi.“Our staff are deployed at various points in the stadium. We have detained some persons for creating public nuisance. They are being bound down accordingly and will be released after legal formalities. We encourage all spectators to enjoy the game and not indulge in such activity in the stadium,” Delhi Police said later.

The Aam Aadmi Party later shared a video of the people who were shouting slogans during the match.

A Delhi court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his party colleague Manish Sisodia and BRS leader K Kavitha in cases related to the alleged excise scam. Special judge for CBI and ED matters Kaveri Baweja extended Kejriwal’s custody till May 20 in the money laundering case linked to the alleged scam being probed by the ED, after he was produced before the court through a video-conference on the expiry of his remand granted earlier.

The judge also extended the judicial custody of Sisodia till May 15 in a related corruption case being probed by the CBI.

The judge fixed May 15 for further arguments on framing of charges in the corruption case against Sisodia.

Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 and is currently lodged in Tihar Jail under judicial custody.

The court had on April 30 court dismissed the bail pleas of Sisodia in corruption and money laundering cases, lodged by the CBI and the ED.

It had on May 6 dismissed the bail applications filed by Kavitha in corruption and money laundering cases.

The matter pertains to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of the Delhi government’s now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22.