A delegation of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) met DGP MA Ganapathy on Tuesday to know about the status of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe initiated at the behest of the Chief Minister into the alleged purchase of a large quantity of gold ornaments by a BJP MlA in lieu of the now- recalled high value bills a few hours after the Prime Minister announced the demonetisation move on November 8.
AAP leaders asked DGP to expedite the SIT inquiry so that action can be taken against the erring MlA at the earliest.
Ganapathy assured them that a SIT had already been formed to probe the case and the investigation was underway. He further said that CCTV footages of November 8 night had been recovered from the jewellers and the team members were reviewing them. DGP assured the AAP leaders that the inquiry would soon be completed and action would be taken accordingly.
Aam Aadmi Party media in-charge Saroj Pandey said that the BJP MlA had purchased gold ornaments worth around `1.50 crore from the jewelley shop. Others present at the meeting were AAP district president Uma Sisodiya, state spokesperson Rajesh Bahuguna, district secretary Abhishek Bahuguna, VK Bajaj, Jitendra Pant, Sudesh Chaurasiya, Vishal Choudhary, Sarita Giri, Kuldeep Sahdev and MS Rajput, Kamal Rana.
Earlier, the party activists had staged a demonstration at Dehradun collectorate office after the media splashed the news and submitted a memorandum addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi through the district magistrate. Besides, they had met Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat and demanded an inquiry into the matter. Subsequently, Rawat had ordered a SIT inquiry to be led by Garhwal Range DIG.