PANAJI
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Goa on Wednesday issued summons to the President of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Goa, Amit Palekar, along with another party leader and two others for questioning in a money-laundering case allegedly linked to the Delhi excise policy.
Palekar, along with former BJP leader and businessman Dattaprasad Naik, AAP leader Ramrao Wagh, and the President of Bhandari Samaj, Ashok Naik, have been called to depose at the ED office in Panaji on Thursday.
Palekar had recently stated that there was no evidence to prove any illicit money was sent to Goa. However according to the ED charges, the AAP utilized "proceeds of crime" amounting to approximately Rs 45 crore in its 2022 Goa assembly poll campaign, sourced from the Rs 100 crore bribe allegedly provided by South Group, which purportedly involved Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha.
No leaders from Goa gave their reaction to the summons till late Wednesday night.
