CBI moves Delhi High Court to overturn Arvind Kejriwal acquittal in excise policy case
Exonerated in court, Arvind Kejriwal erupted at a charged press conference, blasting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for allegedly plotting AAP's destruction through a fabricated liquor policy scam that smeared his lifelong integrity. New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed an urgent appeal in the Delhi High Court challenging a lower court's Friday (February 27) order discharging former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the high-stakes Delhi Excise Policy scam case, signalling that the legal battle is far from over despite Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) triumphant celebrations. Court rejects chargesheet, clears top accused Rouse Avenue Court delivered a seismic verdict, refusing cognizance of the CBI's chargesheet and discharging Kejriwal, Sisodia and the remaining co-accused, ruling that conspiracy claims lacked substantiation and failed judicial muster. AAP hailed it as a "h...