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After Arvind Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate was withdrawn before the Supreme Court, Solicitor general Tushar Mehta told Justice Sanjiv Khanna led bench that it was being misled by Kejriwal's counsel.

"I had told the ED that till this matter is disposed of, do not produce him for remand..", the court was told by SG Mehta.

This submission came to be made by the SG when Senior Advocate AM Singhvi withdrew Kejriwal's plea saying that they would be challenging the remand first.

"We will definitely produce him before court now", SG told the bench.

Kejriwal was arrested yesterday late evening.

He was brought before the Rouse Avenue Court Magistrate by the Enforcement Directorate earlier today at around 2PM.

The plea for his custody is being heard by Special Judge Kaveri Baweja. Kejriwal's arrest by the ED followed a late-night search at his residence after he was denied interim protection by the Delhi High Court.

A Bench comprising Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Manoj Jain denied interim protection to Kejriwal and listed his application for further consideration on April 22.

The case involves allegations of corruption and money laundering in the formulation and execution of Delhi's excise policy for 2021-22, which was later scrapped.  Meanwhile, outside Kejriwal's residence, a crowd gathered, including AAP MLAs and party leaders, protesting the ED's actions. AAP leaders criticized the BJP and ED, alleging political conspiracy and misuse of power to target Kejriwal.