ED conducts searches at locations linked to AAP MP ND Gupta and Arwind Kejriwal’s secretary Bibhav Kumar in money laundering case: Sources

Source told Zee Business on Tuesday (February 6, 2024) that the Enforcement Directorate was conducting searches at AAP Rajya Sabha MP ND Gupta's premises and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal secretray Bibhav Kumar in a money laundering case.

About 10 premises in the national capital are being covered as part of the ED raids. 

It was not immediately clear if the searches were part of an ongoing money laundering investigation or in connection with a fresh case, official sources said.

The locations of Bibhav Kumar and former Delhi Jal Board member Shalabh Kumar, office of party Rajya Sabha MP and national treasurer N D Gupta apart from some others are being covered by the officials of the central agency.

The ED action comes on a day when Delhi cabinet minister Atishi had said she will do an "explosive expose" on the agency.

"I will be doing an explosive expose on ED at 10am tomorrow! Watch this space #BigEDExposebyAAP," she said in a post on X on Monday.

Her Cabinet colleague, Saurabh Bharadwaj, also posted on X about it."Big expose on BJP's Extortion Department (ED)," Bharadwaj said.

Reacting to the searches, Delhi minister and senior AAP leader Atishi on Tuesday said the BJP-led Centre is trying to "scare and silence" the party by conducting ED raids on its leaders.

Atishi said raids were being conducted by the ED at the premises of Kumar and Gupta since 7 am. 

More raids on the premises of other AAP leaders are to be conducted throughout the day, she claimed.

The minister also alleged that the statements of witnesses and accused related to the excise policy case were extracted by the probe agency by force and threat.

She alleged the BJP-led Centre using ED to "scare and silence" AAP by conducting raids on its leaders.

Despite two years of probe, nothing has been found by the agencies in the alleged excise policy scam, she said.