Kejriwal jailed in defamation case
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
India's anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal was sent to jail Wednesday for refusing to pay a bond, just hours after declaring he was ready to fight fresh elections in Delhi to revive his party's fortunes.
A Delhi court ordered Kejriwal be taken into judicial custody for refusing to pay 10,000 rupees ($170) in bail after he was sued for defamation by a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is set to come to power.
Kejriwal included BJP leader Nitin Gadkari in a list of politicians released earlier this year that he branded the country's most corrupt. The list included Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi and the then finance minister, according to AFP.