Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal To Be Arrested Today? Roads To His Residence Blocked

Leaders from the Aam Aadmi Party claimed that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal might be arrested today following a raid at his residence.

This development comes after he refused to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning related to the Delhi liquor policy case.

Additionally, party sources have told NDTV that the paths leading to Kejriwal's home have been cordoned off by the Delhi police.

AAP leaders Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj and Jasmine Shah have claimed that he might be arrested as the Delhi CM skipped the third summons issued to him by the ED.

"News coming in that ED is going to raid @ArvindKejriwal's residence tomorrow morning. Arrest likely," Atishi said on X on Wednesday night.

Sources have told Times Now that many support staff of the Chief Minister's residence have been stopped outside the residence.

AAP's chief National Spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar said, "We are hearing it continuously that Arvind Kejriwal will be arrested. BJP leaders are saying such things. Three of our leaders are in jail for a long time without any evidence against them and for the sheer reason that BJP can't compete with Arvind Kejriwal in policies...Absconders are those who join BJP to escape investigation and we have a fairly long list of such people."

However, the reports of raids at Arvind Kejriwal's residence are rumours and the agency does not have plans to arrest him, the ED sources have told India Today.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday skipped the third summons issued by the ED in the Delhi excise policy case and sent a written reply calling the notice illegal. The Aam Aadmi Party sources told PTI that the Chief Minister was ready to cooperate with the agency but claimed that the summons was sent with the intention of arresting him.

"Why has the notice been sent right before elections? The notice is an attempt to stop Kejriwal from campaigning in elections," the party alleged.

This was the third ED notice to Kejriwal, also the AAP's convener, after he refused to appear before the federal agency on two earlier summonses for November 2 and December 21.