A search by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is underway at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh’s house in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy case.
The ED officials reached the Rajya Sabha MP’s Delhi residence early on Wednesday morning.
Singh’s name was mentioned in the ED’s prosecution complaint filed last year in December. The complaint mentions his name as part of the statement of businessman Dinesh Arora who, the agency claimed, told them that he initially met AAP leader Sanjay Singh, through whom he eventually met Sisodia during a party at a restaurant, Indian Express reported.
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“On request of Mr Singh… arranged cheques amounting to Rs 82 lakh (handed over to Mr Sisodia) for collection of party funds for upcoming assembly elections in Delhi,” it alleges. The complaint quoting Arora also states that he spoke to Sisodia “five-six times” and met Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence with Sanjay Singh.
Sanjay Singh is the latest AAP leader to come under the scanner in the liquor policy case after Manish Sisodia, former deputy chief minister of Delhi, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in February.
Singh had months earlier put up posters outside his house to “welcome” ED officials. The AAP shared the photo on X, formerly known as Twitter, with fire emojis in response to the searches.
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The excise policy case was filed in connection with the Delhi government’s liquor policy of 2021 which was later scrapped.
After the policy was scrapped, the BJP said the Delhi government went back to the old liquor policy to cover up the corruption. Sisodia had denied any wrongdoing and his party said his arrest was an “attack on the Delhi model of governance”.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was also questioned for nearly nine hours in the same case in April.
(With inputs from agenices)