IN PHOTOS: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal taken to Tihar jail, AAP workers stage protests

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was taken to Tihar Jail on Monday after a city court sent him to judicial custody till April 15. Pics/PTI

Updated On: 2024-04-01 05:52 PM IST

Compiled by : Devashri Bhujbal

Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with an excise policy-linked money laundering case

Kejriwal was brought to Tihar jail and will be lodged in Jail number 2. He was taken for a medical examination. He will be kept in a separate cell, PTI reported quoting an official

A protest erupted outside Tihar Jail ahead of the arrival of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and security was beefed up to maintain the law and order situation

Scores of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers, carrying party flags and wearing T-shirts with 'Main Bhi Kejriwal' printed on them, gathered outside the jail entrance

The Delhi Traffic Police posted on X that traffic would be affected on Jail Road in the carriageway from Delhi Cantt towards Tilak Nagar due to a demonstration

Kejriwal was produced in the court of Special Judge Kaveri Baweja after his ED custody ended. The ED had sought 15-day judicial custody of Kejriwal, saying he was 'totally uncooperative', reported PTI

AAP leader Sanjay Singh, who was arrested in October last year in the same case, was earlier lodged in jail number 2 but was shifted to Jail number 5 recently. Kejriwal's former deputy Manish Sisodia, is lodged in Jail number 1, while BRS leader K Kavitha is in Jail number 6 of the women's jail

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