INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has come out strongly in support of Yogendra YadavNew Delhi: A day after raids on hospitals run by
Yogendra Yadav's relatives, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has come out strongly in support of his estranged former Aam Aadmi Party
(AAP) colleague and condemned what he calls "victimisation" by the government."We strongly condemn victimisation of Yogendra Yadav's family
by the Modi government through the use of agencies like IT (Income Tax Department)
Modi government should stop such vendetta politics," Mr Kejriwal tweeted this morning.On Wednesday, Yogendra Yadav tweeted that a hospital
run by his sisters in Haryana's Rewari had been raided by Income Tax officials and accused the government of targeting him over his protest
march in support of farmers.Mr Yadav said more than 100 officials from Delhi raided the hospital and "detained" all the doctors, including
his sisters, brother-in-law and nephew, in their chambers."Hospital sealed, including ICU for new-born babies
A clear attempt to intimidate
Modiji you can''t silence me," said the Swaraj Abhiyan leader.The tax department's searches were triggered by a Rs
3.25 lakh cash payment for jewellery bought from fugitive billionaire Nirav Modi's firm, an income tax department official said hours after
Mr Yadav's tweets.Tax department officials later said they had recovered 22 lakh cash during the searches.They said Mr Yadav's nephew Gautam
Yadav had bought jewellery from the diamantaire's firm for Rs
Tax officials had learnt of the cash transaction from the dossier of information about the group owned by Nirav Modi, the celebrity designer
wanted in a $ 2 billion Punjab National Bank fraud case.Mr Yadav told news agency PTI that "the question is whether this money is
unaccounted for I do not know about the accounts of the hospitals".
