New Delhi:
A considerable amount of money and liquor have been seized from a automotive with a “Punjab authorities” sticker in election-bound Delhi, police mentioned yesterday, including that AAP pamphlets had been additionally discovered within the automotive. The BJP quickly launched an assault on the Aam Aadmi Social gathering, after which the Punjab authorities clarified the automotive had a faux registration plate – that the seized automobile was completely different from the registered mannequin.
Sharing particulars concerning the seizure, Delhi Police mentioned the automobile was parked exterior Punjab Bhawan on Copernicus Marg. When searched, the cops mentioned they discovered wads of money amounting to Rs 8 lakh, liquor bottles with Punjab stamps, and AAP pamphlets contained in the automotive.
As per the mannequin code of conduct in drive in Delhi forward of the polls, persons are barred from carrying greater than Rs 50,000 in money.
A case has been registered on the Tilak Marg police station.
The Punjab authorities mentioned in a press release that as per the official report, the automotive was registered within the identify of Maj. Anubhav Shivpuri, who was posted on the Military Dental School, Pathankot, three years in the past. He’s a everlasting resident of Khadki in Maharashtra, it mentioned.
Furthermore, the automobile registered with the quantity PB35AE1342 – as seen in visuals of the seized automotive – was a Ford Eco Sport, however the automotive seized by Delhi Police belongs to the Hyundai Creta collection, mentioned the assertion. “This confirms that the automobile’s quantity plate is cast and faux,” mentioned the Punjab authorities, clarifying that no such automotive is owned or employed by them.
Expressing shock over the incident, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva mentioned he cannot recall such an enormous restoration of money and liquor in his 35 years of public life. “Until now, we thought Arvind Kejriwal institutionalised corruption in Delhi authorities, polluted Yamuna and Delhi’s air however as we speak we perceive that he has polluted Delhi’s political system too,” mentioned the BJP chief.
The matter was “completely faux and laughable”, the AAP hit again, stating that the quantity plate belonged to a distinct automotive mannequin than the one seized by the cops. There isn’t a entry report of the automotive on the Punjab Bhawan, the ruling social gathering added.
“Conveniently (the automotive was) parked with no driver in sight. Proprietor particulars hint again to somebody from Pathankot, now in Punjabi Bagh, however initially from Pune. A planted stunt poorly executed and totally bogus,” mentioned an AAP assertion.
AAP chief Priyanka Kakkar mentioned the BJP was making ridiculous and false allegations, and they need to cease such actions.