CM Arvind Kejriwal: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will meet AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar Jail this afternoon. Aam Aadmi Party sources have given this information. Let us tell you that after the arrest by ED in the Delhi Excise Policy case, CM Arvind Kejriwal is currently lodged in Tihar Jail. The jail administration has completed all preparations for the meeting. The two leaders will meet on the basis of jail manual.
Officers’ meeting was held on Friday
Tihar Jail administration had held a meeting with Delhi and Punjab Police last Friday regarding Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s meeting with CM Arvind Kejriwal. Security preparations for the meeting were discussed in the meeting. In the meeting, ADG AK Pandey of Punjab Police had a meeting with the officials of Tihar Jail. In the three-hour meeting, the Chief Minister’s protocol, his security and the jail manual were discussed.
Bhagwant Mann had written a letter to the jail administration
It is noteworthy that earlier Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann had written a letter to Tihar Jail administration seeking permission to meet CM Kejriwal. Accepting his letter on April 6, the jail administration also gave permission for the meeting. However, later the Tihar Jail administration rejected the meeting citing security. After this, today Bhagwant Mann can meet CM Kejriwal in Tihar. Let us tell you that Arvind Kejriwal has been kept in barrack number two of Tihar Jail.
Hearing on Kejriwal’s application is to be held in the Supreme Court today
CM Arvind Kejriwal has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the ED arrest. Kejriwal’s petition will be heard in the Supreme Court today. It is noteworthy that earlier, while hearing Kejriwal’s petition, the High Court had justified the ED’s arrest. After this, Kejriwal filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the order of Delhi High Court. According to the report, the bench of Justice Sanjeev Khanna and Justice Dipankar Dutta in the Supreme Court will hear Kejriwal’s petition.
Kejriwal’s remand is ending today
The judicial custody of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is ending today i.e. on Monday (April 15). In such a situation, ED will present him in Rouse Avenue Court today. Let us tell you, CM Arvind Kejriwal is lodged in Tihar Jail in a money laundering case related to the Delhi Liquor Policy Scam.
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