New Delhi: The Delhi Chief Minister Aravind Kejriwal was arrested by ED on Thursday night at 9.11 pm at his official residence in New Delhi. The ED arrested him after hours after the Delhi High Court denied the Delhi CM protection against coercive action by ED in a money-laundering case.

           He is the first serving Chief Minister in the history of Independent India to be arrested. After arrest of the Kejriwal ED shifted him to its office at around 11 pm, a convoy of cars departed from the CM’s residence with Kejriwal in one of the ED’s vehicles, escorted by a dozen more cars from the Delhi Police.

The ED official sources, Kejriwal will be produce before a Court on Friday and seek his custody for interrogation in the case. The Supreme Court is not holding any urgent hearing on Thursday night on Kejriwal’s plea.

Kejriwal was interrogated by the ED, with his statements reportedly recorded under Section 50 of the PMLA. The interrogation lasted for over two hours. Meanwhile, AAP leaders gathered at the CM’s residence, staging a large-scale protest.

According to the ED sources the ED team included half a dozen senior officers with a Joint Director of the probe. ED seized Kejriwal and his wife’s mobile phone.