AAP's Aroras' face ED fire in Punjab: Minister arrested, state chief under lens as Mann alleges BJP vendetta

During searches, videos circulated showing bundles of ₹500 notes allegedly thrown from a ninth-floor Mohali high-rise.

Majithia posted on X after Sanjeev Arora's arrest, detailing ED findings and claiming that Sanjeev Arora functioned as a financier for AAP.

The seven defectors reduced AAP's Rajya Sabha strength from ten to three, with six of the seven defectors from Punjab.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann framed the ED actions as part of a coordinated BJP strategy to destabilise his government, arguing the motive is to send a message that joining the BJP provides immunity. He referenced Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Mittal, who faced ED action before defecting to the BJP on April 24, and noted the raids as part of a broader pattern observed in West Bengal.

Prior to the arrest, the ED provisionally attached bank accounts, demat holdings and immovable assets linked to Sanjeev Arora and Hampton Sky Realty under foreign exchange- and tax-related laws.

The ED arrested Punjab industries and power minister Sanjeev Arora from his official residence in Chandigarh after searches at over a dozen locations in Punjab, Chandigarh and Haryana, including the corporate offices of Hampton Sky Realty Limited. It was the third ED raid on Arora in under a year and the second in a single month, linked to a ₹157-crore GST and export fraud involving fake invoices and UAE-based shell entities.

Aman Arora held a press conference in Chandigarh, denying any wrongdoing, challenging the ED to a forensic examination of his phone, and questioning why his name was not in the ED's first statement before being included in a second statement.

The Enforcement Directorate named Punjab AAP president Aman Arora in a money-laundering and land scam investigation centered on two Mohali real estate groups, Suntec City and Altus Space Builders.

Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia posted cryptically in Punjabi, 'AAP de arore vi challe' ('AAP's Aroras will also go').

Seven AAP Rajya Sabha MPs defected to the BJP on April 24, 2026, reducing AAP's Rajya Sabha strength from ten to three. The defectors included Sandeep Pathak, Harbhajan Singh, Raghav Chadha, Swati Maliwal and Vikramjit Sahney.