The former Delhi Chief Minister left for the Patiala House court- barely 250 meters from his house on Tilak Lane - at around 3.50 PM in his blue Wagon-R along with few volunteers and party leader Sanjay Singh.
As the news of his arrest broke out at around 4.00 PM, a battery of leaders- Political Affairs Committee (PAC) members Sanjay Singh and Gopal Rai, party spokesperson Ashutosh and Nagender Sharma, Delhi unit office bearers Ashish Talwar and Dilip Pandey- rushed to the court.
Kejriwal was arrested and sent to Tihar Jail till May 23 by a Delhi court after he refused to furnish bail bond in a criminal defamation complaint filed against him by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari.
The AAP leader's wife Sunita Kejriwal, along with senior party leader and Kejriwal's close friend Manish Sisodia also rushed to the court in a few minutes.
"Arvind Sir (Kejriwal) wanted to practice 'vipassana' for sometime. Now he will make full use of these days," quipped an AAP volunteer outside Kejriwal's house. He was referring to Kejriwal's wish of going on 'vipassana'.