The Enforcement Directorate was granted a four-day extended custody (April 1) of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday. The agency had earlier sought a seven-day extension. Meanwhile, the High Court dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) which sought removal of Kejriwal and prevention of issuing orders while being in ED custody, saying that it is the violation of the legal framework as well as against the principle of fair investigation.

AAP, however, claimed that the federal agency had no reply to the questions raised by the Delhi chief minister’s lawyers in the High Court over his arrest.

Now, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita in a video message on Friday announced a WhatsApp campaign ‘Kejriwal ko Aashirwad’, sharing a WhatsApp number for people to send wishes to the jailed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor.

“We are starting a drive from today - Kejriwal ko aashirvaad. You can send your blessings and prayers to Kejriwal on this number,” she said.

“He has not been keeping well. His sugar levels are fluctuating. He is being harassed a lot. This tyranny won't last and people will give a reply,” she had told reporters.

During the hearing, Kejriwal had alleged an ED motive to crush his Aam Aadmi Party. “You may keep me in remand as long as you like...I am ready for investigation," he had said.

“So far, the CBI has filed 31,000 pages in this case in the court and 294 witnesses have been examined in this case. The ED has investigated 162 people and filed a 25,000-page report so far. By combining all these documents and reports, why have I been arrested? My name figures only in four statements,” the Delhi chief minister said in a jam-packed courtroom.

"The arrestee needs to be interrogated further in the wake of these reasons or findings. Hence, it is imperative in the interest of investigation that seven days' further custodial remand of Arvind Kejriwal may be granted to the Directorate of Enforcement," the ED plea had stated.