Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches at 37 premises of contractors and private entities involved in the Delhi classroom construction scam.
The case is related to an FIR registered by Anti Anti-Corruption Branch of Delhi Police against the then City Ministers and Aam Aadmi Party leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendra Jain, and other private persons for alleged irregularities in the construction of additional classrooms in various schools in the national capital.
The federal probe agency undertook the searches after registering a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) taking cognisance of a Delhi Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) FIR.
“At least 37 premises of contractors and private entities are being covered by the ED officials,” the sources said. However, it was not immediately clear if some politicians were being covered.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered a case against AAP leaders and former Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain in its April 30 FIR, alleging financial irregularities amounting to ₹2,000 crore in the construction of over 12,000 classrooms or semi-permanent structures in Delhi government schools under the Arvind Kejriwal-led administration.