New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday (October 4) conducted raids at the residence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjay Singh. The raids are underway at the residence of the AAP MP which began early Wednesday morning (October 4). Sanjay Singh is present in the house, said reports. The ED raids were conducted in connection to the alleged Delhi's liquor policy scam case.
Watch: Visuals from outside AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh's residence where ED raids are underway.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh's letter in May this year
Earlier in May this year, MP Sanjay Singh had written a letter to Finance Secretary T V Somanathan saying that the ED Director and Assistant Director had deliberately linked his name to the alleged liquor scam. Singh claimed that it was done without any basis and for the purpose of tarnishing his "public image."
Singh mentioned that his name was added on the basis of statements from Dinesh Arora, an accused in the excise case, who had turned an approver after court accepted Arora's plea.
ED Chargesheet on Excise Case
According to ED sources, the name of the AAP leader appears four times in the ED charge sheet, and that at one place Sanjay Singh's name was included wrongly instead of Rahul Singh.
Delhi Liquor Policy Case
The ED and the CBI raised objections and alleged that the Delhi government's liquor policy, which was revoked in 2022 by AAP government after hue and cry over the policy, allowed "cartelisation" and retail dealers who paid bribes for licences.
