Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging a High Court order upholding his arrest in connection with the money laundering probe in Delhi excise policy case.

Kejriwal’s counsel Vivek Jain told PTI that they have filed the petition in the apex court challenging the high court’s order.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Delhi High Court upheld his arrest in the money laundering case, saying the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was left with “little option” after he skipped repeated summonses and refused to join the investigation.

The High Court said that Kejriwal collected kickbacks as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor. The court also said noted that materials collected by the federal agency revealed that Kejriwal conspired with others in the liquor policy scam. “The ED case also reveals that he was involved in his personal capacity as well as the convenor of AAP,” the court order read.

“This court is of the opinion that the accused has been arrested and his arrest and remand has to be examined as per law and not as per timing of elections,” the court added.

The HC noted that Kejriwal’s questioning over the timing of the arrest before General elections is absence of any mala fide on part of ED is “not sustainable”.