Delhi Liquor Policy: ED raids premises of AAP MP Sanjay Singh’s associates

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday carried out fresh searches here, including at the premises of some people linked to AAP MP Sanjay Singh, in connection with its ongoing probe in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Liquor Policy. Official sources gave this information.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said that two of his associates – Ajit Tyagi and Sarvesh Mishra – were also being raided by the federal agency. About half a dozen units are being covered in the raids being conducted under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), sources said.

The action was taken after receiving some fresh inputs during the interrogation of some of the accused involved in the case. Sources said some of those being searched are linked to Singh.

The Rajya Sabha MP wrote a letter to the Union Finance Secretary some time ago, sanctioning the prosecution of the ED Director and an Assistant Director and Investigating Officer of Liquor Policy for allegedly making ‘false and defamatory claims’ against them in connection with this investigation. Had asked

ED sources had then said that the agency had filed an application in the court on April 20, seeking to rectify a ‘typographical/clerical’ error relating to the name of Sanjay Singh in the charge sheet.

Sources in the agency had said that Singh’s name appears four times in the charge sheet, out of which one reference was wrong as his name was ‘inadvertently’ typed in place of Rahul Singh.

It has been alleged by the ED and CBI that the Delhi government’s excise policy for 2021-22 for granting licenses to liquor traders allowed cartelization and favored some dealers who allegedly paid bribes for the same. You vehemently denied it.

The policy was later scrapped and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi recommended a CBI probe, following which the ED registered a case under the PMLA.