Sunita Kejriwal, wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has voiced strong allegations against the Enforcement Directorate (ED), claiming that her husband is being treated akin to a “most wanted terrorist.” Her remarks come in the midst of legal battles surrounding Kejriwal’s bail in a money laundering case linked to an alleged excise scam. The situation escalated as the Delhi High Court intervened, temporarily halting a lower court’s decision to grant bail to Kejriwal, following the ED’s challenge.
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- Sunita Kejriwal accused the ED of moving swiftly to challenge Arvind Kejriwal’s bail even before the court had officially published the order.
- She expressed concerns over what she perceives as excessive authoritarianism in the country.
- The Delhi High Court temporarily suspended the bail granted to Arvind Kejriwal by the trial court, pending further hearings.
- Kejriwal’s bail pertains to allegations of money laundering linked to an excise scam investigation.
- The ED’s plea against the bail order was presented before a bench comprising Justices Sudhir Kumar Jain and Ravinder Dudeja.
- Sunita Kejriwal made these statements at an event where Delhi Water Minister Atishi initiated an indefinite hunger strike over water supply issues from Haryana.
- She criticized the ED’s actions as emblematic of a dictatorship exceeding reasonable bounds.
- The trial court’s bail order for Kejriwal had not been formally uploaded before the ED sought its stay from the high court.
- The legal proceedings have sparked political controversy, with Kejriwal’s supporters alleging unfair treatment and political vendetta.
- The outcome of the high court’s review of the bail order remains pivotal for the Delhi Chief Minister’s legal standing in the case.
