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New Delhi:
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) at the moment performed searches on the residence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjeev Arora in Punjab’s Ludhiana. Officials mentioned the raids had been held in a cash laundering probe case.
According to sources, Mr Arora, AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP, is accused of buying land by means of fraud.
The probe company additionally performed raids on the home of a businessman in Ludhiana.
Reacting sharply to the ED motion, senior AAP chief Manish Sisodia mentioned that they’d raided many leaders of his get together however “discovered nothing”.
“Since this morning, the ED is raiding the home of Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora. In the final two years, they’ve raided (former Delhi chief minister) Arvind Kejriwal’s home, my home, (AAP MP) Sanjay Singh’s home, (former Delhi minister) Satyendra Jain’s home… nothing was discovered wherever,” he posted on X in Hindi.
Mr Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on February 26, 2023, within the alleged Delhi liquor coverage rip-off. The ED then arrested him within the cash laundering case stemming from the CBI FIR on March 9, 2023. He was granted bail in August this yr.
Besides him, senior AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Sanjay Singh, and Satyendar Jain have additionally confronted the ED warmth. While Mr Kejriwal and Mr Singh have been granted bail, Mr Jain, who was arrested by the probe company in May 2022, stays in custody.