New Delhi: AAP MP Sanjay Singh despatched a authorized discover to the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday asking it to situation an apology or else face civil and felony proceedings for allegedly making false and derogatory claims about him within the Delhi excise coverage case. According to a press release issued by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the authorized discover said that the company’s associates, brokers and staff have tried to tarnish and mutilate the chief’s public picture by popularising “a perverse, false, motivated, wild, malicious and baseless campaign” in opposition to his alleged involvement in Delhi excise coverage case. The officers have “knowingly and intentionally” made sure “untrue, defamatory, and incriminating statements” in opposition to Singh within the Delhi excise coverage prosecution criticism, the authorized discover, addressed to ED Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra and Additional Director Jogender, charged.
“In the conspiracy to defame…Sanjay Singh, the ED has deliberately and maliciously defamed him by imputing his involvement in some liquor policy on the basis of an alleged statement of Dinesh Arora recorded under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on October 1, 2022,” the authorized discover said. The discover referred to as upon the ED to ‘mmediately’ situation an open and public apology inside 48 hours of its receipt for ‘the psychological agony and harassment’ confronted by the Rajya Sabha member.
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AAP MP Sanjay Singh serves Legal Notice to ED
▪️ED has tried to popularise a false, malicious marketing campaign in opposition to @SanjayAzadSln‘s alleged involvement in Delhi Excise Policy
▪️Issue an open and public apology inside 48 hours, else face felony proceedings pic.twitter.com/MqOWMkmQz5
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) April 22, 2023
Sanjya Singh Demands Apology From ED Within 48 Hrs
“Please note that ED is severely liable for such misdeed done with malicious intent. If you fail to comply with the above within 48 hours of the date of receipt of this notice, I have instructions to initiate appropriate civil and criminal proceedings against you before the competent court, and in that event, you shall be fully responsible for the same and related cost and consequences,” the AAP assertion quoted Singh’s lawyer Maninderjit Singh Bedi as stating within the authorized discover.
“The alleged statement of Dinesh Arora as recorded by the ED has been mischaracterized and misquoted by the ED in the complaint for ulterior purposes,” Bedi charged within the discover. The ED has ‘deliberately’ added Singh’s identify with none foundation with the mala-fide intent to trigger disrepute to him. Towards this finish, the ED has additional circulated and prompted to be revealed the criticism and particularly the portion pertaining to my consumer, Bedi added.
In his assertion, Singh stated it’s extremely regrettable that an company just like the ED, which is meant to be neutral, has resorted to levelling such baseless allegations in opposition to him. “I will not tolerate this kind of character assassination, and I have decided to take legal action against the officials responsible,” he added.
