Arrested by ACB, Kejriwal's kin faints in court; sent to 1-day judicial custody

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : May 10 2018 | 9:10 PM IST

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's relative Vinay Bansal, arrested in connection with an alleged scam in the Public Works Department (PWD), was today remanded in one-day judicial custody by a Delhi court which refused the Anti-Corruption Branch's plea seeking three-day police custody after he fainted before it.

Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Neeti Suri Mishra rejected the ACB's application for three-day police remand of Bansal, a nephew of Kejriwal, saying he was not medically fit.

The magistrate said that the accused fainted in the court during the arguments and

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First Published: May 10 2018 | 9:10 PM IST

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