ED searches in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai in connection with the seizure of drugs
The federal agency has registered a case against four accused, who were arrested by the police, and is investigating under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Tuesday raided premises of many AAP leaders and associates across the city in a money laundering probe.
The searches began in the early hours and were conducted at the residences of AAP treasurer and Rajya Sabha MP N D Gupta, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal secretary, former Delhi Jal Board (DJB) member Shalabh Kumar and others.
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The raids are said to be a part of an ongoing probe linked to giving away of ‘illegal’ contracts of the Delhi Jal Board.
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The case by the ED was registered following filing of a CBI FIR where it was alleged that a former chief engineer at DJB awarded a contract to the tune of crores of rupees to a private company which did not meet the eligibility criteria.
On January 31, the federal agency had arrested the engineer and a businessman in the case.
This also comes close on the heels of the probe agency filing a complaint against Kejriwal who repeatedly skipped the summons by the ED in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case.
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