Arvind Kejriwal, the first sitting chief minister to be arrested, recounted that he was picked up from his Delhi home and thrown into jail. That did not break him. Nearly two years later, he broke down in tears when a court cleared him of all charges in the Delhi liquor policy case.
The case stemmed from allegations of corruption in the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 introduced by the AAP government. The CBI had alleged that the policy was designed to favour select private entities by reducing licence fees and fixing profit margins, leading to kickbacks and financial losses to the Delhi government.
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