Delhi liquor policy | Enforcement Directorate conducts fresh raids including premises of AAP MP's associates
The Hindu
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on May 24 conducted fresh searches, including on the premises of some people linked to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh, in New Delhi.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on May 24 conducted fresh searches, including on the premises of some people linked to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh, in New Delhi, in connection with its ongoing probe in the money-laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi liquor policy, officials sources said.
The AAP leader also issued a Twitter video message, saying two of his associates — Ajit Tyagi and Sarvesh Mishra — are also being raided by the federal agency.
Sources said about half a dozen entities are being covered under the searches being undertaken under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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The action was undertaken after some fresh inputs were obtained during the questioning of few accused involved in the case. The sources said some of the people who are being searched are linked to Sanjay Singh.
The Rajya Sabha MP had sometime back written to the Union Finance Secretary seeking sanction to prosecute the ED director and an assistant director and investigating officer of the liquor policy case for allegedly making “false and derogatory claims” against him in connection with this probe.
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