Arvind Kejriwal physically appears before Delhi court in ED summons case, gets bail

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday appeared before a court in the national capital in the Enforcement Directorate summonses case. The city’s Rouse Avenue Court later granted him bail.

This was the first time Kejriwal appeared before the court in connection with the case. At the last hearing, he appeared before the court via video conferencing.

The Enforcement Directorate has filed two complaints against Kejriwal for disobeying their summons to join the probe in the Delhi excise policy case.

The Delhi administration had heightened security outside the court for Kejriwal’s arrival.

On Friday, the court had reserved an order on the stay on summonses sent by the agency to Kejriwal.

The Enforcement Directorate wants to record Arvind Kejriwal’s statement on topics like the formulation of policy, meetings held before it was finalized and allegations of bribery.

However, Kejriwal has been skipping the summonses, saying they were illegal and politically motivated.