The Enforcement Directorate on Friday summoned two associates of arrested AAP MP Sanjay Singh for questioning in the Delhi Excise Policy-Linked Money Laundering Case, officials said.
Sarvesh Mishra and Vivek Tyagi are expected to be confronted with the evidence seized by the agency during the investigation and it is understood that they will be confronted with Singh too. The agency will record their statements under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.
A Delhi court on Thursday sent Singh to five-day custody of the ED even as the anti-money laundering agency alleged that an accused businessman, Dinesh Arora, had given Rs two crore in cash at the Rajya Sabha MP’s residence in two tranches. Singh has strongly rebutted the claim.
The AAP leader was arrested by the ED on Wednesday in connection with its money laundering probe linked to the 2021–22 Delhi Excise Policy Case. and was the second high-profile leader, after Manish Sisodia, to be held in this case.
An investigation by the ED has revealed that he (Dinesh Arora) has given Rs two crore cash at Singh’s house on two occasions (Rs one crore at each time), the ED alleged in its remand application. The period when the cash was allegedly given was between August 2021 and April 2022.
BJP Mahila Morcha seeks Kejriwal’s resignation
New Delhi: The BJP Mahila Morcha on Friday held demonstrations to demand the resignation of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal following the arrest of AAP leaders in connection with the alleged liquor scam.
Carrying placards bearing slogans against the AAP and its national convenor Kejriwal, activists of the Mahila Morcha’s Delhi unit held demonstrations at major intersections of the national capital.
Participating in the demonstrations at ITO and Rail Bhawan, Virendra Sachdeva, chief of the BJP’s Delhi unit, said Kejriwal will also go to jail in the “scam”.