“Seems They’ve Planned To Arrest Arvind Kejriwal”: AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bharadwaj today said the party suspects the police will arrest Arvind Kejriwal after policemen reached the Delhi Chief Minister’s house for what appeared to be a raid.

“The way the police are inside and nobody is allowed to go in, it seems like a raid is being conducted. It seems they plan to arrest Arvind Kejriwal,” Mr Bharadwaj told reporters.

Mr Kejriwal skipped the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) summons for a ninth time today in the Delhi liquor policy case.

The ED reached Mr Kejriwal’s house hours after the Delhi High Court declined to give protection from arrest to Mr Kejriwal in the liquor policy case. The court, however, ordered the ED to reply to Mr Kejriwal’s fresh petition and listed the matter to April 22.

Mr Bharadwaj said the ED’s move to raid Mr Kejriwal’s house is illegal as the high court had asked for the ED’s reply to the fresh petition.

“How can the ED enter Arvind Kejriwal’s house or arrest him, even before replying to the high court?” Mr Bharadwaj said.

The Delhi Chief Minister has approached the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing.