NEW DELHI: An Indian court stopped on Friday the release from jail of one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s chief opponents, a day after he was granted bail in a long-running corruption case, reports said.

Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi andtheleaderoftheopposition Aam Aadmi party, denies the charges as a `political conspiracy` by Modi and his Hindunationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

He was released from detention to campaign par-tway through India`s weekslong general election but returned to jail after voting ended this month.

A trial court ordered his release late Thursday, but before he could walk out of jail on Friday the country`s top economic crimes investigative agency, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), appealed to the Delhi High Court.

It suspended his release untilit could decide on the appeal. The decision could come in `two-three days`, legal news portal Live Law posted on social media platform X.-AFP