The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth `52.24 crore belonging to former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Amandeep Singh Dhall, Rajesh Joshi, Gautam Malhotra and others in the Delhi liquor scam case.
The attached assets include immovable properties worth `7.29 crore (two immovable properties of Manish Sisodia/Seema Sisodia, land/flat of Rajesh Joshi/Chariot Productions Media Pvt Ltd and land/flat of Gautam Malhotra, the ED said in a statement.
The attachment also includes movable assets worth Rs 44.29 crore including bank balances of Manish Sisodia (Rs 11.49 lakh), Brindco Sales Pvt. Ltd. (Rs 16.45 crore) and others, the agency said.
It is the second provisional attachment order issued in this case. The first provisional attachment order was issued for attachment of immovable/movable properties worth Rs 76.54 crore of accused persons Vijay Nair, Sameer Mahandru, Amit Arora, Arun Pillai and others.
Total attachment in the case is now Rs 128.78 crore and the proceeds of crime involved in this case is at least Rs 1,934 crore.
In this case, ED had arrested 12 persons arrested so far and has filed five prosecution complaints or chargesheets. Further investigation is in process, it added.