'Pre-planned script, shows BJP's desperation': Delhi minister Atishi on Sanjay Singh's arrest

Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi minister Atishi has slammed BJP and Prime Minister Narender Modi after party's high-profile leader and MP Sanjay Singh was arrested by ED in connection with a Delhi excise policy-linked money-laundering case on Wednesday.

Addressing a presser, she said, "It was a pre-planned script, that they (ED officials) would go to his residence and sit there for 8 hours and then arrest him. It shows the BJP's desperation. PM also knows that whether it is the upcoming elections of 4 states or the elections of 2024, the people have decided to overthrow the BJP government...".

The 51-year-old leader was arrested Wednesday evening after the anti-money laundering agency conducted searches at his premises.

The ED had mentioned Singh's name in its charge sheet. It stated that Dinesh Arora, a middleman, had said he had met Singh during a party in his restaurant Unplugged Courtyard. In 2020, it said, Singh allegedly requested him to ask restaurant owners to generate funds for the Aam Aadmi Party for the Delhi assembly elections. He said he gave a cheque of Rs 82 lakh.

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