<p>The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, officials said.</p><p>This comes after the agency conducted searches at his residence earlier in the day in connection with the case.</p><p>The officials said premises belonging to some others connected to the case were also covered during the operation.</p><p>The ED had earlier questioned the members of staff and those linked to the 51-year-old Rajya Sabha MP.</p><p>It is alleged that the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor traders allowed cartelisation and favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge strongly refuted by the AAP.</p><p>The policy was subsequently scrapped and the Delhi lieutenant governor recommended a CBI probe, following which the ED registered a case under the PMLA.</p>
<p>The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh in connection with the Delhi excise policy case, officials said.</p><p>This comes after the agency conducted searches at his residence earlier in the day in connection with the case.</p><p>The officials said premises belonging to some others connected to the case were also covered during the operation.</p><p>The ED had earlier questioned the members of staff and those linked to the 51-year-old Rajya Sabha MP.</p><p>It is alleged that the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor traders allowed cartelisation and favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge strongly refuted by the AAP.</p><p>The policy was subsequently scrapped and the Delhi lieutenant governor recommended a CBI probe, following which the ED registered a case under the PMLA.</p>