Delhi excise policy case: ED raids underway at AAP MP Sanjay Singh's residence

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has raided Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh’s residence in Delhi today in connection with the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case, officials said. Singh, 51, is a Rajya Sabha MP from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). His staff members and those linked to him were earlier questioned by the ED in this case. It is alleged that the Delhi government’s excise policy for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor traders allowed cartelisation and favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge strongly refuted by the AAP. The policy was subsequently scrapped and the Delhi lieutenant governor recommended a CBI probe, following which the ED registered a case under the PMLA.

Delhi former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia is lodged in jail in connection with the same liquor police scam. The former Delhi deputy CM and excise minister was first arrested by the CBI on February 26 for his alleged role in the scam. He resigned from the Delhi Cabinet on February 28.