The Enforcement Directorate on Monday arrested Aam Aadmi Party leader Deepak Singla after it conducted searches at premises linked to him and others in a money laundering case connected to an alleged bank loan fraud, PTI reported.

The searches were carried out at locations in Delhi and Goa, unidentified officials told the news agency. In Goa, the searches were conducted at a flat where members of AAP’s organisation team reside, unidentified officials told The Indian Express.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal said that Singla “was not arrested because he did any wrong”, but only “because he was working against” the Bharatiya Janata Party and had refused to join the Hindutva party.

“Deepak is brave and fighting for the country,” Kejriwal said on social media.

Describing the ED as the BJP’s “loyal foot-soldier”, AAP leader Atishi had earlier said that the central agency had been sent to Goa because her party’s popularity was growing there.

“From early morning today, there is an ED raid at the residence of AAP Goa co-incharge, Deepak Singla, as well as the home of some volunteers in Goa,” she said on social media. “Not only is this an attempt to scare our volunteers, but also to acquire all our organisational data for the BJP!”

The ED conducted searches at Singla’s house in 2024 also in connection with a money laundering probe linked to a bank fraud case. Singla had contested the Delhi Assembly elections from the Vishwas Nagar seat on an AAP ticket in 2020 and 2025.

Edited by Sneha and Sara Varghese.