New Delhi, May 18
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Deepak Singla in connection with an alleged money laundering case linked to a bank loan fraud investigation. Officials said Singla was taken into custody on Monday after searches were carried out at locations in Delhi and Goa. The raids allegedly led to the recovery of incriminating documents.
Singla previously contested the Vishwas Nagar assembly seat in Delhi as an AAP candidate. He had also been questioned by the ED in 2024 as part of the same investigation. Meanwhile, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal defended Singla following the arrest, alleging that the action was politically motivated.
In a post on X, Kejriwal said Singla was being targeted for refusing to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “Deepak Singla was not arrested because he did anything wrong. Rather, he was arrested because he was working against the BJP and refused to join the BJP,” Kejriwal wrote in Hindi. The ED has not publicly responded to the allegation. Further investigation into the case is under way.
