He said that the CBI had only called him in as a witness more than a year prior, and he emphasized that the CBI had not provided any fresh evidence or grounds for his arrest in their arrest memo or grounds for arrest.
Kejriwal said that the CBI had not produced any fresh evidence to back up his arrest even while he was being held in court, pointing out that all of the accusations made had already been included in earlier CBI chargesheets.
According to the petition, the CBI's allegations in the remand request were included in the chargesheet the agency had previously submitted.
He drew attention to the arrest memo's lack of explanation for his continued imprisonment following a two-year probe.
Kejriwal cited remarks made in June before the Supreme Court by the Solicitor General (SG), in which the SG promised to file the final chargesheet by July 3. He emphasized that on June 4, at his co-accused Manish Sisodia's bail hearing, the SG had made it clear that the probe was almost over and that no new arrests were planned.
The plea makes note of the fact that the SG's statement makes no mention of making any further arrests. The plea further said that such guarantees would never have been given if such had been the case.
In his plea, Arvind Kejriwal also states that the CBI decided not to arrest him even though they had permission to do so on April 23. They later made a statement before the Supreme Court in which they made it very apparent that no more arrests would be made because the investigation is not ongoing but is almost finished.
On June 26, the CBI detained Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the liquor policy investigation. The arrest by the CBI occurs months after Kejriwal was detained on March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case involving the liquor policy scandal.
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