"Insurance Arrest": Abhishek Singhvi On CBI Action Against Arvind Kejriwal

The senior advocate argued that the main offence in the case was filed by the CBI and the facts and context in the cases filed by the Enforcement Directorate and the CBI were similar.

Making a strong case for his client, senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi has said politics is writ large over Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal being arrested both by the Enforcement Directorate and the CBI in the alleged liquor policy scam and that the approach taken by the prosecution is not one that would be adopted by "prosecutors or even persecutors".

In an exclusive interview with NDTV on Friday, Mr Singhvi also claimed that the CBI taking the AAP chief into custody soon after he was granted bail in the ED case is proof that politics was at play and went on to coin a new term for this: "insurance arrest". 

The Congress leader's comments came hours after the Supreme Court granted Mr Kejriwal bail in the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act being investigated by the ED. The chief minister will, however,  remain in jail because he is yet to get relief in the case filed by the CBI.