Overview
- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted raids at 17 locations, including properties linked to AAP MP Sanjeev Arora, as part of a land fraud investigation.
- Allegations suggest Arora's company illegally acquired land intended for industrial use and misused it for residential purposes, violating government conditions.
- AAP leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, claim the raids are politically motivated, targeting their party under the guise of corruption probes.
- Sanjeev Arora, who also runs a charitable trust, maintains his innocence and pledges full cooperation with the investigation, stating he is unaware of the reasons for the raids.
- The searches are conducted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, with additional premises of real estate businessmen Hemant Sood and Chandrashekhar Agrawal also being targeted.