MP Sanjay Singh sends legal notice to ED for apology in Delhi excise policy case

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh sent a legal notice to the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday and asked the agency to issue an apology or else face civil and criminal proceedings for allegedly making false and derogatory claims about him in the Delhi excise policy case.
Singh demanded the agency to issue a public apology to him within 48 hours.
The legal notice stated that the agency's associates, agents and employees had attempted to tarnish and mutilate the leader's public image by popularising a "perverse, false, motivated, wild, malicious and baseless campaign" against his alleged involvement in the case, as per a statement issued by Aam Aadmi Party.
The AAP leader said, "It is highly regrettable that an agency like ED, which is supposed to be impartial, has resorted to such baseless allegations against me. I will not tolerate this kind of character assassination, and I have decided to take legal action against the officials responsible."
"Please note that ED is severely liable for such misdeed done with malicious intent. If you fail to comply with the above within 48 hours of the date of receipt of this notice, I have instructions to initiate appropriate civil and criminal proceedings against you before the competent court, and in that event, you shall be fully responsible for the same and related cost and consequences," Singh's lawyer Maninderjit Singh Bedi stated in the legal notice.