Nov 2, 2023, 05:12 PM IST

Political leaders raided by ED

DNA WEB DESK

In the liquor scandal in Delhi and Punjab, the Enforcement Directorate searched MLA Kulwant Singh's residence on Monday. The federal investigative agency was escorting a group of central paramilitary forces troops to locations in Mohali, Amritsar, and Ludhiana.

ED raided the Jaipur and Sikar homes of state Congress president Govind Singh Dotasara. Vaibhav Gehlot, the son of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, has also been asked by the ED to appear in court in connection with a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) case.

About the multi-crore ration allocation issue, the federal authorities searched Jyotipriyo Mallick's houses in West Bengal.  The purported anomalies in the public distribution system (PDS) and food grain distribution during the COVID-19-induced shutdown are the subject of the fraud.

On October 10, the Enforcement Directorate conducted a raid at Amanatullah Khan's Delhi home as part of an inquiry into money laundering against him and a few other people. The attacks lasted for over twelve hours. 

 AAP's Sanjay Singh has also been placed under ED's notice for a money laundering case involving the Delhi excise policy. In this instance, the ED had already questioned his employees and individuals connected to him.

In August of this year, the ED conducted a search on the residences of a former minister, CPI(M) MLA A C Moideen, and a few others as part of a money laundering probe connected to a purported ₹100 crore scam in the party-controlled Karuvannur cooperative bank. 

As part of an inquiry into possible money laundering, the Enforcement Directorate searched Gopal Kanda's and other people's homes on August 9.

Bharat Bhushan Ashu was raided along with his close colleagues in relation to the Punjab food grain fraud that happened while he was the minister of consumer affairs, civil supply, and food.