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The Enforcement Directorate has detained Punjab lawmaker Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra. It’s unclear why the ruling Aam Aadmi Social gathering MLA from Amargah – who was picked up from a public assembly – has been detained. The AAP has hit out on the BJP for a “plot to defame us”. “He was dealing with downside earlier than becoming a member of AAP. It’s BJP’s plot to defame us… the best way he was picked by ED, throughout a public assembly, exhibits BJP’s techniques of defaming and coercing AAP,” get together spokesperson Malwinder Kang stated.
In September final 12 months, three premises linked to the Aam Aadmi Social gathering chief, together with his residence, had been searched by the Central Bureau of Investigation in reference to an alleged Rs 41 crore bank fraud case. The searches yielded “Rs 16.57 lakh in money, international forex (of an unspecified quantity), and incriminating financial institution and property paperwork”, the company had claimed.
In response to the CBI, the case towards Mr Majra and others, together with the Tara Company Restricted, was registered primarily based on a grievance by a Financial institution of India department in Punjab’s Ludhiana. The case additionally named a number of people, senior executives and others, in addition to “unknown public servants”.
ED motion towards Mr Majra comes amid a rash of motion by central investigative businesses towards opposition events and leaders, together with AAP boss and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The ED can also be investigating Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel over claims he received Rs 508 crore in bribe the Mahadev betting app proprietor. Chhattisgarh votes for a brand new authorities in a two-phase ballot beginning Tuesday, and Mr Baghel has slammed the BJP for having “weaponised” the ED.
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Mr Kejriwal, in the meantime, was referred to as for questioning on November 2 in reference to the Delhi liquor policy case however skipped the decision, opting as an alternative to marketing campaign in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.
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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann slammed the ED over its summoning of Mr Kejriwal, accusing the BJP of eager to jail the get together figurehead as a result of he had prioritised welfare of the individuals.
Days earlier, the ED had additionally searched places linked to a different AAP lawmaker – Kulwant Singh – as a part of a drugs-linked money laundering investigation.
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