The Exterior Affairs Ministry on Saturday summoned a senior diplomat of the German Embassy to lodge its protest over the feedback of the nation’s overseas ministry on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
“We have now taken observe, India is a democratic nation. We assume and count on that the requirements referring to independence of Judiciary and fundamental democratic rules will even be utilized on this case. Like anybody going through accusations, Mr Kejriwal is entitled to a good and neutral trial, this contains he could make use of all accessible authorized avenues with out restrictions. The presumption of innocence is a central factor of the rule of legislation and should apply to him [sic],” the German overseas ministry had mentioned whereas reacting to the arrest of Kejriwal.
Reacting to the feedback of the German overseas ministry, India summoned the Deputy Head of Mission of the German Embassy, Georg Enzweiler, and lodged a robust protest, calling it a “blatant interference” in its inner affairs.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was on Thursday night time arrested by the Enforcement Directorate within the excise policy-linked cash laundering case.
The arrest, the primary of a serving chief minister, got here hours after the Delhi Excessive Court docket refused to grant safety to the AAP nationwide convenor from any coercive motion by the central probe company.
The case pertains to alleged corruption and cash laundering in formulating and executing the Delhi authorities’s excise coverage for 2021-22, which was later scrapped.
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