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New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Atishi on Tuesday alleged that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was using coercion to threaten witnesses to speak against the AAP leaders so that cases can be filed against them..
"ED is coercing, threatening people to give false statements against AAP leaders in the excise policy case," she said during a press conference, and added, "ED raids on AAP leaders are being carried out to silence the party."..
ED slammed AAP saying, "Baseless allegations are trumped up daily by its leaders just to discredit the evidence against their misdeeds.".
All statements of the accused were recorded under CCTV surveillance and the same were supplied to the accused persons as sought by them and the trial court was also provided the same, ED said.. AAP, however, rejected this statement and said, "ED has planted an informal and unsigned 'statement' in the media..
