The Enforcement Directorate seized assets worth over Rs 52 crore belonging to jailed Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia...
Digital Desk: The Enforcement Directorate seized assets worth over Rs 52 crore belonging to jailed Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia and other accused in the Delhi liquor policy, according to reports.
The assets confiscated include those of Amandeep Singh Dhall, Rajesh Joshi, Gautam Malhotra, and others. According to sources, two properties of Sisodia and his wife Seema and Rs 11 lakh in their bank accounts have been seized.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) action comes a day after it arrested Delhi businessman Dinesh Arora, who is believed to be close to Sisodia.
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The ED case into the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam is separate from the one being investigated by the CBI.
Sisodia, the former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, and others are accused of corruption in the implementation of a new liquor sale policy in the national capital. Last year, Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena directed the CBI to conduct an investigation.
Following that, the Delhi government reverted to the previous liquor policy, blaming the Lieutenant Governor for the loss of revenue worth crores of rupees that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government said would have occurred if the new policy had been implemented.
According to the BJP, the Delhi government reverted to the old liquor-selling policy in order to cover up corruption in the excise department, which was then headed by Sisodia.
The CBI is investigating the alleged influence of a "South Lobby" of businessmen and politicians who used middlemen, dealers, and officials to sway Delhi liquor policy in their favor.
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