The Enforcement Directorate–Jalandhar–on Monday raided the premises of AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjeev Arora and some others, including realtors and investors, as part of a money laundering probe linked to a land “fraud” case
Arora’s company Ritesh Industries was reportedly allotted an industrial plot in Ludhiana by the state government, where he breached the allotment conditions by setting up commercial and residential projects.
Official sources said the house of the 61-year-old MP from Punjab in Gurugram (Haryana) is being searched apart from premises linked to some other people in Ludhiana. Raids are also underway at the premises of Hemant Sood of Ludhiana and Chander Aggarwal of Jalandhar, both are directors of the company.
Another suspect in the alleged money laundering case is Pardeep Aggarwal of Royal Industries in Ludhiana. His premises, too, are being raided in the industrial city. The sources in the ED said that they had been investigating Arora’s case since the time he was not an MP as the allotment and its violation happened prior to that.
Arora, in his tweet at 10:08 am wrote, “I am a law abiding citizen, am not sure about the reason for search operation, will cooperate fully with agencies and make sure all their queries are answered”.
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia posted on X that the raids against their MP, also a businessman, is an attempt to break their party. But no matter how much they try, the Aam Aadmi Party people will neither stop, nor sell themselves, nor get scared, he added.
“Since this morning, ED is raiding the house of Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora. In the last two years, they have raided Arvind Kejriwal’s house, my house, Sanjay Singh’s house, Satyendra Jain’s house… nothing was found anywhere. But Modiji’s agencies are engaged with full dedication in making fake cases one after the other. These people will go to any extent to break the Aam Aadmi Party. ,” fhe said on X.