Delhi excise policy scam: ED attaches ₹52-cr worth assets of arrested AAP leader Manish Sisodia, wife
Enforcement Directorate has informed that they have attached ₹52 crore worth of assets to former Delhi deputy chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia his wife and some other accused in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case. The development comes a day after Manish Sisodia moved Supreme Court for bail in CBI and ED cases related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy case. ED informed that a provisional order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act to attach among others immovable properties (worth ₹7.29 crore) comprising two assets of Manish Sisodia and his wife Seema Sisodia, land/flat of another accused Rajesh Joshi (director of Chariot Productions Media Pvt Ltd.) and land/flat of Gautam Malhotra.
The attachment also includes movable assets worth ₹44.29 crore including bank balances of Manish Sisodia worth ₹11.49 lakh, Brindco Sales Pvt. Ltd. (amount of ₹16.45 crore) and others, the agency said in a statement.
The total attachment value is ₹52.24 crore, the ED said. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 9 arrested former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the liquor policy case, after hours of questioning at Tihar Jail. Sisodia, a former deputy chief minister of Delhi, was arrested by the ED in this case in March and he is currently in judicial custody.
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