New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out searches at 13 locations, including the residence of former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bhardwaj and the premises of private contractors, in connection with alleged irregularities in the construction of health infrastructure projects under the AAP-run government between 2018 and 2019, officials said. The searches are part of a money laundering probe into suspected corruption, unauthorised construction, cost escalations, and diversion of funds in projects sanctioned during that period, according to ED officials, who asked not to be identified. The AAP termed the raids a "politically motivated witch hunt" by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The ED's action stems from a case registered by the Delhi government's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on June 26, 2025, under the Prevention of Corruption Act against Bhardwaj, former health minister Satyendar Jain, and unidentified health department officials. Gupta alleged corruption in 24 projects, 11 greenfield and 13 brownfield hospitals. worth Rs.5,590 crore sanctioned in 2018-19. "Not a single hospital was completed on time. Cost escalations ran into several hundred crores," said a senior official. AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal posted, X: "The ED raid at Saurabh Bhardwaj's house is another attempt by the Modi government to suppress AAP. We will never bow down to these tactics." Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva rejected AAP's charges, saying, "The people of Delhi want answers: why was not even one of the 11 permanent hospitals completed...?"...