New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the arrest of Teesta Setalvad till tomorrow in the Gulbarg Society fund embezzlement case.
Earlier, the Gujarat High Court on Thursday rejected the anticipatory bail petitions filed by social activists Teesta Setalwad, her husband Javed Anand and others in the related case.
Read: Gujarat HC rejects anticipatory bail plea of Teesta Setalvad in fraud case
Justice JB Pardiwala had on January 30 reserved the order on the bail petitions filed by Setalwad, Anand, Tanvir Jafri (whose father Ehsan Jafri, former Congress MP, was killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots) and Firoz Gulzar, a resident of Gulberg Society here.
They are accused of misusing funds to the tune of Rs 1.51 crore. All the accused now face arrest.
