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.
The raids are said to be a part of an ongoing probe linked to giving away of ‘illegal’ contracts of the Delhi Jal Board.
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.