Gadkari defamation case: Kejriwal’s judicial custody extended till 6 June

23 May 2014 Evaluate

After refusing to give a bail bond even today, Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal's judicial custody was extended for 14 days in connection with the Nitin Gadkari defamation case. He will remain in jail till the next hearing, which is on 6 June.

Arvind Kejriwal was arrested on 22 May and sent to the Tihar Jail by a Delhi court after he refused to furnish a bail bond. Meanwhile, AAP leader Somanth Bharti hit out at Gadkari, asking, 'How can a defamed person like Gadkari file defamation?

Kejriwal was summoned on 22 May as an accused by the court in the defamation complaint in which Gadkari had alleged that he was defamed by the AAP leader, who had included his name in the party's list of 'India's most corrupt'. After the court pronounced its order, Kejriwal was taken into lock up inside the court premises amid tight security. He was later taken to Tihar Jail.

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