ED crackdown on Sanjay Singh: A look at 8 high-profile politicians behind the bars

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arrest has drawn criticism from a range of political parties, who are opposed to the Centre-ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The latter, unfazed by the criticism, said the “law will take its course" and stated that those accused of corruption will have to join the investigation by the probing agencies. Here's a look at 8 high-profile politicians behind the bars.

Singh was arrested on October 4, following a day-long search by the Enforcement Directorate at his premises. He was picked up in the case linked to the alleged financial irregularities in the Delhi excise policy that has now been scrapped. Telegu Desam Party (TDP) chief and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu was arrested in September, in connection to an alleged ₹ ₹ 371 crore corruption case.

The former CM is accused of hatching a conspiracy to divert money allocated to train the state's unemployed youth during the period when he was heading the government. Sisodia, then the deputy CM of Delhi, was arrested in February this year in connection to the same excise policy case in which Singh has been taken into custody. The FIR against Sisodia stated that he was allegedly “instrumental in recommending and taking decisions pertaining to excise policy for the year 2021-22 without the approval of competent authority with an intention to extend undue favours to the licensee post tender".

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