US encourages 'fair, transparent' process for arrested Indian opposition figure

26/3/2024 13:04

        The U.S. is closely following reports of the arrest of Indian opposition figure Arvind Kejriwal and encourages a fair legal process, a State Department spokesperson said on Monday after Germany's reaction to the case sparked a protest from India.
        
        Kejriwal, a national opposition figure and chief minister of Delhi's capital territory, was arrested by India's financial crime-fighting agency on Thursday on corruption charges that his political party rejects, a month before national elections.
        
        "We encourage a fair, transparent, and timely legal process for Chief Minister Kejriwal," the U.S. spokesperson said, in which India summoned a German envoy on Saturday to protest against his government's remarks about the arrest.
        
        Asked about the arrest at a government press conference on Friday, Sebastian Fischer, spokesperson for Germany's foreign office said that like anyone else facing accusations, Kejriwal was entitled to a fair and impartial trial.