March 22, 2024: Aam Aadmi Party leaders, including Delhi Ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi, were detained by the Delhi Police during the party protest against the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case.

Reportedly, the AAP held a protest at the ITO. In a post on X, Atishi said that she has been detained by Delhi Police while peacefully protesting at ITO.

"We will state before the Supreme Court that Arvind Kejriwal should be allowed to meet his lawyer and family and also allowed to carry out his official work. Kejriwal's family has been put under house arrest," Saurabh Bharadwaj said.

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea of the Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy case linked to a money laundering case. A special bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela Trivedi will hear the matter today.

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned Kejriwal's plea before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for an urgent hearing. "If this process goes on, before the first vote is cast, a lot of senior leaders will be behind the bars. Please take it up," Singhvi told the bench.

The petition was filed by Kejriwal, challenging the arrest by the ED last night subsequent to his arrest. On Thursday, the Delhi High Court refused to grant Kejriwal any protection from coercive action in an excise policy-linked money laundering case.