Kejriwal requests for special diet in jail, wants to take Bhagavad Gita & Ramayana

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal

After the Delhi Rouse Avenue sent Arvind Kejriwal to judicial custody till April 15, his legal team filed a request to allow the Chief Minister to peruse three books.

The counsel moved an application to allow Kejriwal to read three books - Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana and How Prime Ministers Decide by journalist Neerja Chowdhury. The CM also sought special diet, medicines, books and religious locket which he was wearing in the judicial custody. The CM was remanded to judicial custody till April 15.

Kejriwal appeared before the Delhi court as his Enforcement Directorate (ED) custodial remand concluded in the money laundering case associated with excise policy.

This comes after the Enforcement Directorate alleged non-cooperation by Kejriwal.

Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court  directed the ED to file a status report before the trial court on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to restrain Kejriwal from issuing orders or directions from custody. The High Court has ordered the federal agency to treat the PIL as its own representation.

Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 by the ED and sent to the custody of the federal agency till March 28. Then, his custody was extended by four days and it ended on April 1.

The Delhi Chief Minister's arrest came a day after the Opposition INDIA bloc's mega rally in the national capital  against the arrest of Kejriwal.

Speaking to reporters before entering court, the AAP leader said, "Whatever the prime minister is doing(referring to his arrest) is not good for the country".

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