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A Delhi Court on Wednesday sent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to CBI’s custody for three days, hours after he was arrested by the central probe agency in connection with the excise policy case. The court said that the arrest may not be illegal but warned that the probe agency should not be "overzealous".

Special judge Amitabh Rawat said that Kejriwal was being sent to the CBI custody because of the "factum of the investigation leading to the arrest of the accused, the role ascribed to him, and the necessity to confront him with the evidence". He also advised the agency to not be “overzealous”.

"There are certain safeguards provided in the law and at this sta on the material on record, it cannot be said that the arrest is illegal. The agency, however, should not be overzealous," the Rouse Avenue Court said in its three-day CBI custody. 

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- Arvind Kejriwal has been sent to three-day CBI custody, which is two days less than what the federal probe agency requested. The Delhi CM was arrested by the CBI in the Rouse Avenue court. Kejriwal was earlier granted bail by the Rouse Avenue court, but the Delhi High Court stayed it. Following this, Kejriwal moved to the top court, however, he got no relief. 

- In its application seeking Kejriwal’s custody, the CBI told the court that he was required to be questioned to unearth the larger conspiracy in the matter. The probe agency also said that the Delhi chief minister must be confronted with evidence and other individuals involved in the case. 

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- Both ED and CBI had earlier claimed that the so-called "south lobby" dictated the formulation of the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy and that Kejriwal was involved in this. 

- Meanwhile, Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal on Thursday took to X and said that the dictator should be destroyed. “Till now the prayer has always been that God should give wisdom to everyone. But now the prayer will be that the dictator should be destroyed,” she said following Kejriwal’s CBI custody.

- According to reports, Kejriwal will be allowed to keep a copy of the Bhagavad Gita, retain his spectacles, take prescribed medication, eat home-cooked food, and meet his wife and relatives for one hour daily.

- Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21, was given interim bail by the Supreme Court on May 10 till June 1 to campaign for the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. 

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