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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) accused Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal of eating high-carb foods to falsely elevate his blood sugar levels for bail in a money laundering case. The court has ordered a medical report from Tihar Jail and will reconvene on Friday.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued provisional attachment orders on properties of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra, valued at Rs 97.79 crore, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2022.

Sources said that at Rs 230.60 crore, the value of the assets seized in the cash-for-school-job case is higher than in the PDS case.

The ED is understood to have also informed the company that in the days to come, a few other officials will have to appear too.

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who presided over the case noted the ED's submission that CM Kejriwal was in possession of enough material which had led them to arrest him.

K Kavitha was presented before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Court on expiry of her previously granted 14-days’ judicial custody.

According to sources, the financial probe agency took cognisance of the CBI FIR already registered in the matter under different sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Kailash Gahlot (49), an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Najafgarh, is transport, home, and law minister in Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told a district court on Thursday that the now-suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, who's the mastermind behind the attack on ED and CAPF teams at Sandeshkhali on January 5, had arranged local anti-social elements over phone to carry out the attack.

CM Kejriwal, whose alleged role in the excise policy scam is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), was produced before Special Judge Kaweri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Court on the expiry of his six-day ED remand on Thursday.

Detailing Kejriwal's involvement in the matter, the ED said he played a direct role in shaping the now-revoked excise policy.

A special court on Friday sent arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to six days ED custody, till March 28, in a money laundering case related to the liquor policy scam.

Arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is the kingpin of the alleged excise policy scam and is directly involved in its implementation and giving favours to the 'South Group', the ED told a court here on Friday as it sought his custody for questioning

Kejriwal, who was arrested from his residence by the ED in connection with the excise policy case on Thursday evening, had earlier moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court order denying him protection from any 'coercive action' by the ED. However, the top court refused to hold any urgent hearing in the matter on Thursday night.

The AAP chief was arrested after over two hours of questioning by an ED team, which included a Joint Director, at his residence.