The Enforcement Directorate carried out a raid on the Aam Aadmi Part MLA, Jaswant Singh Gajjanmajra from Amargarh, Punjab. The raid has also taken place in the schools, real estate and factories related to the MLA. The AAP MLA was accused in 40 crore bank scam case for which earlier also CBI had raided his properties.
The AAP MLA had taken a loan from the bank in 4 installments between 2011 and 2014. The loan taken by him amounted to Rs. 40.92 crores. The Ludhiana branch of the bank complained about the same to the CBI. They stated that the loan taken by the MLA is not being used for the purpose mentioned but is being utilized at some other places.
Last time when the raid was conducted, CBI got 94 signed blank checks and many Aadhar Cards also cash worth Rs. 16.57 lakhs were also recovered. The Police recovered 88 foreign currency notes, property documents and documents related to several bank accounts.
AAP MLA Jaswant Singh Gajjanamajra came into the discussion after a 1-rupee salary when he announced that he would take only one rupee as his salary. Gajjanamajra had said that Punjab was facing financial problems because of which he took the decision. In the election, he defeated Simranjit Singh Mann of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar).