Overview
- The Anti-Corruption Bureau’s Banswara unit examined three Malviya-linked properties on Tuesday, with Congress sources saying teams began work around 9 a.m.
- Searches focused on two petrol pumps and a crusher plant where documents were taken and staff were interviewed, and the agency said no case has been lodged so far.
- The action came less than two days after Mahendrajeet Malviya publicly indicated he would return to the Congress following his move to the BJP in February 2024.
- Malviya denied any irregularities, alleged pressure for leaving the BJP, and said officials did not question him during the operation.
- Congress leaders called the move a misuse of agencies for political vendetta, and reporters’ requests for further ACB comment went unanswered as of publication.