Investigations into the clinic premises: searches on SPD MP Adis Ahmetovic

Investigators search Adis Ahmetovic's Bundestag office and three apartments. The public prosecutor's office has now confirmed the connection with the clinic site in Lehrte.

Ahmetovic is being investigated on charges of aiding and abetting anti-competitive agreements in tenders in conjunction with violating trade secrets.

Hanover/Berlin. In connection with the tender for the former clinic site in Lehrte near Hanover, investigators are searching the Bundestag office of SPD MP Adis Ahmetovic and three apartments. Two apartments in Hanover and one in Berlin were affected, a spokesman for the Hanover public prosecutor's office told the German Press Agency. The measures were still ongoing late in the morning.

Ahmetovic is being investigated on charges of aiding and abetting anti-competitive agreements in tenders in conjunction with violating trade secrets. The spokesman expressly confirmed the connection with the former site of the Hannover Region Hospital (KRH) in Lehrte.

The Bundestag cleared the way for searches

The Bundestag had previously lifted the immunity of the Lower Saxony MP. The execution of judicial search and seizure orders was approved. The public prosecutor's office did not initially explain what specific actions the 33-year-old was accused of.

According to the spokesman, investigators also visited the SPD on Odeonstrasse in Hanover. They were told that Ahmetovic didn't have an office there. A search therefore did not take place there. The 33-year-old's constituency office in Hanover was also not affected by the measures.

Ahmetovic rejects allegations

Ahmetovic is chairman of the SPD in Hanover. After the investigation became known, he had his lawyer explain that he had nothing to blame himself for. The law firm announced on October 8th that it had signaled its full willingness to cooperate with the public prosecutor's office, but had not yet received access to the files.

In connection with the tender for the clinic site, investigations against the former Hanover regional president Steffen Krach had already become known. An investigation is also underway against the Lower Saxony SPD parliamentary group leader Stefan Politze, who has since resigned. His lawyer made a connection with the allegations against Krach. Krach and Politze rejected the allegations made against them.