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- Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the ED last week in an alleged money-laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi liquor policy. His custody ends today, and the probe agency is expected to seek an extension.
- Arvind Kejriwal is being held in the lock-up at the probe agency's Delhi office.
- The Delhi High Court turned down the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader's petition challenging the arrest, and has given the probe agency time till April 2 to present their case.
- The ED believes the policy provided an impossibly high profit margin of nearly 185 per cent for retailers and 12 per cent for wholesalers. Of the latter, six per cent - over Rs 600 crore - was recovered as bribes and the money was allegedly used to fund the Goa and Punjab poll campaigns, the agency claims.
- The AAP chief's wife, Sunita Kejriwal, in a public address said that Mr Kejriwal will today make a big revelation in the "so-called Delhi liquor policy case".
- Mrs Kejriwal said the Chief Minister would reveal the location of "money from the so-called liquor scam".
- She also hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, over attacks on Mr Kejriwal after he issued directions from jail to ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj.
- Despite his arrest, the party insists that he will continue as the Delhi Chief Minister and function from jail. Earlier this week, he issued two orders from the lockup.
- BJP leaders vehemently protesting this, have been holding protests across Delhi demanding the resignation of Arvind Kejriwal.
- The US and Germany have also spoken on the arrest, urging India to conduct a "fair, transparent" probe.
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