In connection with the Delhi Excise Policy investigation, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned three associates of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and MP Sanjay Singh.
Vivek Tyagi, Sarvesh Mishra, and Kanwarbir Singh have all been summoned by the ED, and Sarvesh Mishra is likely to appear today.
The ED will question all three people in front of Sanjay Singh, who is being held in ED custody until October 10. Singh was arrested on Wednesday after a day of questioning by ED agents at his Delhi home.
According to the investigation agency, Sarvesh, an acquaintance of Sanjay Singh, collected Rs 2 crore on two occasions on Singh’s behalf at the latter’s apartment. Vijay Tyagi, Sanjay Singh’s personal assistant, was promised a stake in accused Amit Arora’s enterprise Aralias Hospitality.
The ED will confront and question them in order to determine the entire mode of operation of the crime and to unearth the entire proceeds of the crime involved.
Several opposition parties have slammed the BJP-led central government following the detention of the AAP MP, accusing it of exploiting agencies such as the CBI and ED against the opposition.
“I will not talk on whether he took Rs 2 crore or not, but on what evidence they have directly put the Rajya Sabha MP to jail. If Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Sanjay Singh, Sanjay Raut, Anil Deshmukh, and Hemant Soren ask questions to the government, then raids are being conducted by ED, and CBI at their residence,” Shiv Sena’s RAjya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said.
“Where is the proof? The government don’t have any evidence. They are misusing agencies like the CBI and ED against the opposition,” he added.