Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh's residence was searched by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Wednesday morning, 4 October.
The latest: ED officials raided the Rajya Sabha MP's house in connection with the Delhi liquor excise policy, according to news agency PTI.
The premises of a few other people linked to the case were also raided, the report added.
Singh's aides were earlier questioned by the ED in connection with the same case.
Kejriwal comes out in support: In a message backing Singh, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal hit out at the Centre and the ED over their investigation into the alleged liquor scam case.
"For the last year we have been seeing, there is noise about alleged liquor scam. More than 1000 raids have been conducted and not a single paise was recovered," the Delhi CM said, adding, "Nothing is going to be found from Sanjay Singh's place too. Elections are coming and they feel (they) are losing, so it appears the last desperate attempt of the losing side," he declared.
How others reacted: "Since Sanjay Singh was continuously raising questions on the issue of PM Modi and Adani, this is the reason why raids are being conducted at his residence. Nothing was found earlier, nothing will be found today. Raids were conducted yesterday at the residence of some journalists and today raids are conducted at the residence of Sanjay Singh...," AAP spokesperson Reena Gupta was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
"It is sad, but not surprising. Now this series will continue till the election. PM Modi and Amit Shah have made the formal announcement for the 2024 elections. Yesterday, a raid was on NewsClick and all the journalists, today on Sanjay Singh...," Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha told ANI.
Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said, "This is such a fictitious scam in which investigation is going on for the last 15 months... ED and CBI have conducted raids in at least 1000 places but not even Rs 1 has been recovered from anywhere...They will not get anything at the residence of Sanjay Singh as well...BJP is losing the elections, this is the truth..."
Flip side: "In the liquor scam case his name [Sanjay Singh] was continuously coming. Dinesh Arora also said in his statements that Sanjay Singh was the one who introduced Manish Sisodia to the other people who were involved in the scam... Sanjay Singh had a main role in the liquor scam. This was the reason that he always used to say that ED would raid my house too... AAP is ending due to its corruption...," said BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa.
In a nutshell: The Kejriwal-led government introduced (and later withdrew) an excise policy to grant licences to liquor traders.
Allegations were made that the policy had favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes to obtain the liquor licences.
AAP has denied these allegations.
In July 2022, Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena recommended a CBI probe into the alleged discrepancies.
The ED also registered a case against Sisodia and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
In February 2023, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Delhi's then-Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia over the same case.
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