NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind
Kejriwal
on Monday filed a fresh petition in the Supreme Court, seeking an
extension
of his interim
bail
by 7 days on health grounds.
The
Aam
Aadmi Party said that Kejriwal was due to undergo PET-CT scan and other tests, as a result of which a seven day extension of interim bail has been requested.
“Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to extend his seven-day interim bail.
As you all know, he lost seven kilograms of weight soon after he was arrested. He has not regained that weight yet. His ketone level has come very high in the test. Doctors believe that more tests need to be done on him; therefore, this petition has been filed,” said Delhi minister and AAP leader Atishi.
In March this year, the chief minister of Delhi was arrested in connection with a money laundering case that was related to the now scrapped liquor excise policy of the AAP government. Former deputy chief minister of Delhi and a close associate of Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, is also in prison in connection with the same case.
On May 10, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Kejriwal so that he could participate in his party's campaign during the final phase of the general elections.
The interim bail granted to Kejriwal requires him to surrender in Tihar jail on June 2, a day after the last phase of voting in the ongoing general polls.
However, Kejriwal has recently stated in his interactions with the media that he will be released from jail, if INDIA bloc were come to power on June 5.
"Judiciary is under tremendous pressure currently. Everyone knows how much pressure they are working under now," Kejriwal said .
The Delhi CM has called the cases against him "bogus" and claimed that the central investigative agency (ED) has not yet established a money trail to implicate him in the case.
( with input from agencies)
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