ED raids Kejriwal’s Personal Secretary, MP; AAP leader Atishi says searches carried out to silence party

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NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches at nearly 10 locations, including the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal secretary, among others connected to the Aam Aadmi Party, as part of its money laundering probe, as per sources.

ED raid is also reportedly underway at the residence of AAP MP ND Gupta in Delhi. The ED action comes on a day when Delhi cabinet minister Atishi had said she will do an “explosive expose” on the agency.

“I will be doing an explosive expose on ED at 10am tomorrow! Watch this space #BigEDExposebyAAP,” she said in a post on X on Monday.

Reacting on the raid on Tuesday, Atishi addressing the media, said: “ED raids on AAP leaders being carried out to silence party.”

She said: “ED coercing, threatening people to give false statements against AAP leaders in excise policy case”, alleging that the ED ‘deleted’ audio recordings of witness statements, challenges it to produce them in front of country.