Rajya Sabha
Member Sanjay Singh Arrested In Delhi
Liquor Policy Case After 9-Hour Search
5.10.2023
New Delhi: In yet another blow for
the Aam Aadmi Party, the Enforcement Directorate has arrested its Rajya Sabha
MP, Sanjay Singh, in a money laundering case linked to the investigation into
the Delhi liquor policy. Searches were being conducted at the Delhi residence
of the MP since early on Wednesday morning.
This is the third major arrest from
the party. Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain was arrested in May last year
on charges of laundering money through four companies that were allegedly
linked to him.
The biggest setback for the party,
however, came in February this year, when then Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and
close Arvind Kejriwal aide Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI in the
alleged liquor policy scam.
The raids against Mr Singh took
place after he was named by businessman Dinesh Arora, an accused in the case,
who later turned 'approver'.
Mr Arora had claimed that the AAP
leader had introduced him to Mr Sisodia, who was the excise minister.