ED searches 12 locations linked to Kejriwal’s personal secretary as part of its money laundering probe
In a major development, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team is conducting raids at about 12 locations linked to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and Delhi government officials including the residence of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal‘s personal secretary as part of its money laundering probe.
The ED raids are underway at the residences of former members of Delhi Jal Board, Shalabh Kumar, AAP Rajya Sabha MP N D Gupta, and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s personal secretary Bibhav Kumar among other AAP officials.
This comes days after the Enforcement Directorate moved a Delhi court against Kejriwal for skipping the summons for the fifth time in the Delhi excise policy case.
The agency filed a fresh complaint under Section 190 (1)(a) Cr.P.C. r/w. Section 200 Cr.P.C., 1973 r/w. Section 174 IPC, 1860 r/w. Section 63 (4) of PMLA, 2002 for non-attendance in compliance with Section 50, PMLA, 2002.
Reacting to the raids, AAP leader Atishi claimed the BJP government is trying to scare its leaders.
“Yesterday, I had said that I will be doing an ‘explosive exposé’ on ED at 10 am today. To stop this exposé and scare the AAP, ED has been conducting raids since 7 am in the morning against AAP leaders and workers. Raids are underway at the residences of our leader ND Gupta and the PA of CM Arvind Kejriwal. There are reports that the ED will conduct raids throughout the day against AAP leaders. The BJP-led central government is trying to scare the AAP using the probe agencies,” she said.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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