New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- Intense friction between the Central probe agency, the ED, and the AAP-led Delhi Government escalated on Tuesday with fresh rounds of raids at premises linked to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's personal staff, Bibhav Kumar, and others. ED sources said these raids are part of its probe into charges that the AAP and some officials received kickbacks of '21 crore from a Delhi Jal Board contractor. The agency searched 10 locations linked to the personal secretary as part of its money laundering probe in the DJB case.

A dozen premises in the national capital were searched by officials of the federal agency from 7 am under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The residences of Bibhav Kumar, former Delhi Jal ...