Taxmen detain AAP MLA after Rs 2-cr cash 'linked' to him is recovered

Officials said Uttam Nagar MLA Naresh Balyan, a property dealer and 2 others are being questioned by the tax officials in Dwarka to ascertain if the recovered cash was 'illegal and unaccounted'

An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA has been detained by the Income Tax Department sleuths for questioning after their team surveying a builder in New Delhi on Friday found over Rs 2 crore cash allegedly "linked" to the legislator and his associates, officials said.

They said Uttam Nagar MLA Naresh Balyan, a property dealer and 2 others are being questioned by the tax officials in Dwarka to ascertain if the recovered cash was "illegal and unaccounted."

"Balyan has been detained for questioning after it emerged that the recovered cash had purported links with him. The tax officials are questioning the