India, July 18 -- Delhi home minister Ashish Sood on Thursday alleged that senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, purchased luxury mobile phones using public money-repeatedly exceeding the financial caps set for government functionaries and flouting procurement norms.

At a press conference held at the Delhi Secretariat, Sood said official records showed that Kejriwal had acquired four iPhones between 2015 and 2022, all of which breached the Rs.50,000 purchase cap fixed for the chief minister. These included an iPhone 6s Plus bought in December 2015 for Rs.81,000, an iPhone 7 Plus in 2017 for Rs.69,000, an iPhone 12 Pro Max in 2020 for Rs.1,39,...