New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) chief Sanjay Singh was arrested after Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers carried out a shock raid at his Delhi residence. This arrest is a part of an ongoing cash laundering investigation linked to the alleged Delhi liquor coverage case. Sanjay Singh, who’s a Rajya Sabha MP and distinguished AAP determine, joins the rising listing of get together members who’ve come beneath the scrutiny of central businesses in relation to the liquor coverage case.
Earlier this yr, in February, Manish Sisodia, former deputy chief minister within the AAP authorities, confronted arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in reference to the identical case. The liquor coverage case initially stemmed from the Delhi authorities’s liquor coverage of 2021, which was subsequently revoked. This coverage change sparked authorized and investigative actions.
In the meantime, responding to the continuing accusations concerning a supposed liquor rip-off, AAP chief Raghav Chadha mentioned, “For practically the previous fifteen months, the BJP has constantly alleged a liquor rip-off involving AAP staff. Over this era, they’ve compelled the ED and CBI to conduct raids at round 1,000 areas. Regardless of making arrests and finishing up intensive investigations at these locations, not a single penny has been unearthed by any company. That is clearly a determined transfer by the BJP, pushed by worry of impending elections. Because of this, right this moment, our get together member Sanjay Singh’s residence was topic to an ED raid. I need to emphasize that the ED’s actions have yielded no proof or monetary irregularities as a result of, in actuality, there isn’t any such rip-off to be discovered.”
#WATCH | Chandigarh: “Nearly for the reason that final fifteen months, BJP has been accusing us (AAP staff) of a Liquor rip-off case. Within the final 15 months, it has made ED and CBI conduct raids at 1,000 locations…After arresting some folks beneath the pretext of investigation and raiding 1000… pic.twitter.com/4I8ZO7AOTE
— ANI (@ANI) October 4, 2023
