ED arrests AAP leader Deepak Singla in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested AAP leader Deepak Singla on Monday in an alleged money laundering case following searches in Delhi and Goa, officials said.

Singla was raided by the ED in 2024 too as part of an investigation. He was a candidate for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from the Vishwas Nagar assembly seat in Delhi.

In a post on his X account, a statement read, "Frightened by the continuously growing strength of @AamAadmiParty in Goa and the increasing public support, there is an ED raid happening at my house this morning."

"This action is not just against me, but an attempt to silence the voice of every leader and worker of the Aam Aadmi Party, so that we get scared and bow down. But we are soldiers of @ArvindKejriwal ji —we will neither fear, nor bow down, nor stop raising the voice of the people," the post said.

"The BJP wants to suppress the opposition relying on its parrot-like agencies, but the fight for truth and struggle will continue."

Singla was put under arrest after the searches led to the alleged recovery of incriminating documents, the officials said.

The money laundering case is a fallout of a bank loan fraud.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal came out in defence of the party leader saying he was facing the repercussions of refusing to join the 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. Deepak is brave and fighting for the country," Kejriwal said in a post on X.