Indian court sends top opposition leader to prison until April 15
A COURT in India placed a top opposition leader in two weeks of judicial detention today after the expiration of a 10-day stint in the custody of a federal agency.
Opposition parties say the case is part of a crackdown against rivals by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s far-right government ahead of a national election later this month.
Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), is the top elected official in the city of New Delhi.
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