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ED raids against AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj, others in Delhi

Around a dozen locations in the national capital are being searched by the federal probe agency under PMLA

By PTI
File photo of AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj (photo: PTI)
File photo of AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj (photo: PTI) PTI

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday, 26 August, conducted searches at premises linked to AAP leader and former Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj and others as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said.

Around a dozen locations in the national capital are being searched by the federal probe agency under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.

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The investigation against Bharadwaj (45), former Delhi health minister, is understood to be linked to an Anti-Corruption Branch case into alleged corruption in health infrastructure projects by the previous AAP government.

Further details are awaited.

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