On Wednesday, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate following the central agency’s searches at his residence in connection with its money laundering probe into irregularities in Delhi excise policy 2021-22.
The ED said that Singh, who was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, played a key role in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped policy which benefited certain liquor manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers.
In May this year, an ED chargesheet filed against arrested former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia stated that a restaurateur named Dinesh Arora was extremely close to both Singh and Sisodia.
Arora was arrested by the ED in July. The agency alleged that Arora in 2020 received a call from the AAP MP saying that Delhi assembly elections were approaching and AAP was in need for funds.
Earlier in the day, AAP had cried foul over the ED searches at Singh’s residence. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, “They have been probing the alleged liquor scam for the last year but nothing has been found yet. Nothing will be found at Sanjay Singh’s residence. When someone is staring at defeat, they resort to desperate measures. That is what is happening right now”.
