Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal sent to jail in graft case

Making their voices heard: Supporters of India’s opposition coalition displaying a placard with a message on Kejriwal during a rally in New Delhi decrying ‘autocracy’ in New Delhi. — AFP

An Indian court sent Delhi chief minister and key opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal to jail until April 15 in a liquor graft case, local media reported, less than three weeks before the country begins voting in national elections.

India’s financial crime-fighting agency had arrested Kejriwal in connection with corruption allegations related to the city’s liquor policy and he had been remanded to the agency’s custody until April 1.