The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out raids on Wednesday at 20 places in Chandigarh, together with the residence of the Punjab Excise Commissioner, in connection to the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage.
The residence of Punjab Excise Commissioner Varun Roojam is situated in Chandigarh’s Sector 20.
The home of the IAS officer was additionally raised by the probe company in September 2023 as nicely.
There was no further info on the continuing raids.
The newest ED raids come because the Delhi High Court is hearing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea towards his arrest by the probe company in reference to the liquor coverage rip-off.
Kejriwal was arrested on March 21 from his Civil Strains residence, hours after the Delhi Excessive Court docket refused to grant him interim reduction from any coercive motion by the probe company.
The Aam Aadmi Social gathering nationwide convenor’s petition referred to as his arrest and the subsequent remand to the ED “unlawful”.
The plea additionally sought his fast launch from ED custody.