After ED arrest Chanpreet Singh, AAP calls it “Politically motivated Investigation”

April 16, 2024

New Delhi : After the arrest of Chanpreet Singh, who allegedly ‘managed’ the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) funds for the Goa assembly elections, the party accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of running a “politically motivated investigation”.

AAP alleged that the Delhi liquor policy case is solely based on the statements of approvers, many of whom have a direct connection with the BJP, like Sharath Reddy.

“The entire country knows that the real Delhi liquor scam took place after ED started its investigation and arrested scam kingpin Sharath Reddy, who later transferred Rs 55 crore of his proceeds from the crime to the BJP via electoral bonds. After two years of investigation and over 500 raids, not a single rupee or piece of evidence has been recovered from AAP leaders,” the party’s statement said.

“ED is running a politically motivated investigation and making its case solely based on the statements of approvers, many of whom have a direct connection with the BJP, like Sharath Reddy,” it added.

Earlier, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had arrested Singh in the same case. The money laundering case stems from the CBI FIR.

The ED has arrested various people in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is currently lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody.