ED raids at business entities linked to AAP MP Ashok Mittal in Punjab

Enforcement Directorate raided multiple business entities linked to AAP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Mittal in Punjab under a FEMA probe. Searches covered Jalandhar, Phagwara and other locations, targeting financial dealings tied to the Lovely Group headed by the businessman-educationist

Jalandhar/New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday conducted raids at business entities linked to AAP Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Mittal in Punjab as part of a FEMA probe, offiicials said.

Mittal, a 61-year-old businessman and educationist who heads the Lovely Group including an university by this name, was recently made the deputy leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Rajya Sabha, replacing Raghav Chadha.

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Officials said the searches are being conducted at multiple business entities linked to Mittal in Jalandhar and Phagwara apart from some other locations.

The action is being undertaken under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), they said.