The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at 13 locations, including the residence of AAP leader and former minister Saurabh Bhardwaj, on August 26, 2025, in connection with its probe into allegations of irregularities in hospital construction projects during the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi. The operation was initiated on the basis of a complaint filed by BJP leader Vijender Gupta in August 2024, alleging corruption in hospital projects worth Rs 5,590 crore. Let us know the brief details of this news in the polite and eloquent style of Urdu literature. Details of the case The ED’s investigation focuses on 24 hospital projects approved in 2018-19, which included 11 new hospitals and upgradation of 13 existing hospitals. It is alleged that there are complaints of inordinate delays, cost overruns, and embezzlement of about Rs 100 crore in these projects. For example, a 6,800-bed ICU hospital was to be built at a cost of Rs 1,125 crore, but despite spending Rs 800 crore, only 50% of the work was completed. The ED conducted the raid under Section 17 of the Money Laundering Act, 2002, in which Bhardwaj and other private contractors were also arrested. Investigations are also underway against the accused and unidentified government officials. AAP's reaction AAP leaders Sanjay Singh and Atish termed the raids as 'political vendetta', saying the allegations were false and made in the context of a time when Saurabh Bhardwaj was not even a minister. They claimed that the raids were an attempt to divert attention from Prime Minister Modi's degree controversy. Saurabh Bhardwaj, a three-time MLA from Greater Kailash, also called it a 'conspiracy' by the BJP. "Raids on truth and falsehood, truth will come out." — An activist References India Today, The Economic Times, Business Today, The Financial Express, Times of India, X-Post