Sanjay Singh, a Rajya Sabha member for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), is the subject of an ED raid at his home in relation to an excise policy case. MP Sanjay Singh claimed in a letter to the Finance Secretary T V Somanathan earlier this month that the ED Director and Assistant Director purposefully and without justification connected his name to the alleged liquor scam, tarnishing his reputation and defaming him. Singh stated that statements made by Dinesh Arora led to the addition of his name.
Singh also claimed that the officers’ abuse of their authority damaged his reputation and called for their prosecution. He claimed to have already given the officers legal notice that they must publicly and openly apologize. In the ED charge sheet, the name of the AAP leader appears four times, four of which, according to ED sources, were typed incorrectly. Sanjay Singh’s name was occasionally used in place of Rahul Singh, the then-excise commissioner.
ED is reportedly searching the residence of Sanjay Singh, further details are awaited.
