The Delhi Police on Wednesday claimed to have seized a car near Punjab Bhawan in central Delhi containing liquor bottles and cash, along with scarves, and pamphlets of the AAP.
“Today, we have found a vehicle with a Punjab numberplate and ‘Punjab sarkar’ written on it… we also found a few lakhs of cash, liquor bottles and AAP pamphlets. A case is being registered accordingly,” the Delhi Police said in a statement.
According to an officer, the car was found parked at Copernicus Marg near Punjab Bhawan. Acting on a tip-off, a team from Tilak Marg police station searched the car, he added.
Two video clips that have surfaced on the social media show a white Hyundai Creta parked on the roadside.
Several pamphlets featuring the photograph of AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and several party scarves are seen on the rear seat.
Calling the seizure a “planted stunt”, the AAP said in a statement, “It is totally fake and laughable. Tracking data shows the number belongs to a Hyundai Creta – this is a different car.”
“No entry record of this vehicle at Punjab Bhawan for the past week. Never entered the premises…. conveniently parked with no driver in sight. Owner details trace back to someone from Pathankot, now in Punjabi Bagh, but originally from Pune. A planted stunt—poorly executed and utterly bogus,” it added.