Court sends Kejriwal’s PS, 4 others to five-day custody

New Delhi, July 5: A special court on Tuesday sent Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s principal secretary Rajendra Kumar and four others to five days CBI remand, as the agency claimed that “lies” were being spread about the IAS officer that he was holding the Delhi government like the mythological ‘Seshnag’.

“It is a historical case in Indian democracy. The accused was a public servant acting as principal secretary and the investigation was fairly conducted. Dignity and purity of public institutions have to be maintained. A pack of lies is being spread in the media that Rajendra Kumar is holding the government like a ‘Seshnag’ and if he goes, all the (Delhi) government will go,” the CBI told the special court.

In Indian mythology, Seshnag is the king of all snakes (or nagas), has numerous hoods and is said to hold all the planets of the universe on his hoods.

The court sent Kumar and four others, arrested in an alleged corruption case, to five-day CBI custody, with the agency also claiming that the “influential” IAS officer was intimidating witnesses.

Besides Kumar, the others remanded were Deputy Secretary in Kejriwal’s office Tarun Sharma, Kumar's alleged close aide Ashok Kumar and Directors of Endeavour Systems Pvt Ltd (ESPL), Sandeep Kumar and Dinesh Kumar Gupta. PTI