A Delhi Court on Monday sent chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody till April 15 in the excise policy scam case. The Enforcement Directorate produced the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo before special CBI judge Kaveri Baweja.

During the hearing at the Rouse Avenue Court, Additional solicitor general SV Raju noted that the federal agency is not seeking any further custody of the Delhi chief minister. Rather, the ASG said that, “we’re asking for judicial custody”.

AAP ministers Atishi, Saurabh Bhardwaj and Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal were present in the court.

He cited former Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji’s case and said, “Kindly look at the Senthil Balaji case where custody can be sought later than 15 days… Therefore, he shall, at this stage, be sent to judicial custody.”

“Kindly look at why we can seek custody later. It is because he is evasive and non-cooperative and is diverting the investigation,” ASG Raju told the court.

The anti-corruption agency informed the court that in his statement, Kejriwal said that “Vijay did not report to me but to Atishi”.

“He doesn’t even know who is at his camp office… he was shown different WhatsApp chat…he has not answered the question,” the ED said, adding that he also did not provide the “password of his digital devices deliberately.”

Following this, the federal agency sought 15 days of judicial custody for the Delhi chief minister and the same was granted by the court.

The Aam Aadmi Party national convenor has requested to carry three books — Bhagwat Gita, Ramayan and How PM Decides by Nirja Chaudhary — to prison.