ED seizes assets worth Rs 205 crore in Chhattisgarh liquor fraud case
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has seized assets worth over Rs 205 crore of retired Chhattisgarh IAS officer Anil Tuteja, elder brother of Raipur mayor and several others in a money laundering probe linked to an alleged liquor racket in the state.
The attached properties include 14 properties of Tuteja worth Rs 15.82 crore, 115 properties of Anwar Dhebar, elder brother of Raipur mayor and Congress leader Aijaz Dhebar, worth Rs 116.16 crore, properties related to Vikash Agarwal alias Subbu worth Rs 1.54 crore and 33 properties related to Arvind Singh worth Rs 12.99 crore, the agency said in a statement.
One property of Arunpati Tripathi, an Indian Telecom Service (ITS) official and special secretary of the excise department, worth Rs 1.35 crore, nine properties of Trilok Singh Dhillon worth Rs 28.13 crore, jewelery worth of Rs 27.96 crore from Naveen Kedia and movable properties worth Rs 27.96 crore Rs 1.2 crore from Asheesh Saurabh Kedia/Dishita Ventures Pvt. Ltd. are connected, it said.
Anwar Dhebar’s adjacent properties include Hotel Vennington Court, Raipur which is run under the auspices of his firm, A Dhebar Buildcon and a commercial building in the name of “Accord Business Tower”, the ED said.
The total value of the assets seized is 205.49 crore.
Tuteja was recently arrested in the case by the ED where it had alleged that the commission generated from the illegal sale of liquor was shared “as per the directions of the top political executives of the state.
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First print: May 03, 2024 | 3:03 PM IST