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ED Files Money Laundering Cases Against Delhi’s AAP in Three Major Scams

The ED has lodged PMLA cases over alleged Rs 6,368 crore embezzlement in hospital construction, citywide CCTV, shelter home schemes

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Overview

  • The Enforcement Directorate registered three Enforcement Case Information Reports covering separate hospital construction, CCTV and shelter home frauds linked to the AAP government in Delhi
  • Investigators allege Rs 5,590 crore was misappropriated in 24 hospital projects overseen by former health ministers Saurabh Bhardwaj and Satyendra Jain
  • A 2019 contract to install 140,000 CCTV cameras across Delhi’s 70 constituencies has been flagged for cost overruns and incomplete work on a Rs 571 crore project
  • The ED claims Rs 207 crore was embezzled through forged fixed deposit receipts by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board during the party’s tenure
  • Parallel probes by the CBI and Delhi ACB continue as the ED prepares to summon senior AAP officials for questioning