India's federal financial crime agency on Friday raided several liquor companies and suppliers and distributors in a money laundering investigation that the party ruling the capital has criticised as politically motivated, media reported.
The agency, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), is investigating suspected irregularities in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government's liquor policy, after a government official issued a report in July in which he suggested the policy benefited private liquor retailers by offering them discounts at the cost of the exchequer, media reported.
Delhi's federally appointed lieutenant governor then recommended an investigation by the ED and the federal Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the policy.
