Delhi Liquor Policy Case: Probe Agency Raids 40 Location In Multiple States
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The searches come early on a day when Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, arrested more than three months ago in a money laundering case, to be questioned regarding the liquor sales policy.
Just a day after Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's dare to the BJP to get him arrested based on a 'sting operation' by the party, the Enforcement Directorate is today conducting searches at 40 locations spread across multiple states as part of a money laundering investigation linked to alleged irregularities in the now-withdrawn Delhi excise policy, sources said.
Premises linked to liquor businessmen, distributors, and supply chain networks in Nellore and some other cities in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Delhi-NCR are being searched, officials sources said.
This is the second rounds of raids in as many weeks regarding the case. The probe agency had last week searched around 45 locations in Delhi, Telangana, Maharashtra, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Karnataka, in addition to raiding private individuals named in the case.Today's raids come early on a day when Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, arrested more than three months ago in a money laundering case, is also to be questioned regarding the liquor sales policy in Delhi's Tihar jail.Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal, who has accused the Centre of misusing central probe agencies for political vendetta against his party leaders, and denied any irregularities in the controversial liquor policy, will address the media soon.
The liquor policy is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as well as the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which probes financial crimes, following a directive from Delhi's Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, a representative of the BJP-led government at the centre.
