Team News Riveting
Raipur, May 22
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized property of an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and others in connection with the alleged liquor scam in Chhattisgarh.
“ED has attached 119 immovable assets worth Rs 121.87 crore in respect of Anil Tuteja, Anwar Dhebar, Arunpati Tripathi and others in the ongoing investigation of liquor scam in the State of Chhattisgarh. Total seizure and attachment in the case stand at approx. Rs 180 crore,” the ED said in a tweet.
Anil Tuteja is an IAS officer of Chhattisgarh cadre while Arunpati Tripathi is Indian Telecom Services (ITS) officer, who was on deputation with the Chhattisgarh government and worked as MD of Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Ltd. Arun Pati Tripathi. Dhebar is brother of Congress leader and Raipur Mayor Ejaz Dhaber.
Their property along with others have been attached in the alleged liquor scam-linked money laundering case, the ED said Monday.
The properties, provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), include 14 properties of Tuteja worth Rs. 8.83 crore, 69 properties of Anwar Dhebar worth Rs 98.78 crore and one asset of Tripathi worth Rs 1.35 crore, the federal agency said in a statement.
Hotel Vennington Court in state capital Raipur of Anwar Dhebar, being run under the aegis of his firm A Dhebar Buildcon, has also been attached, it said.
The ED had alleged the Chhattisgarh liquor scam to the tune of Rs 2000 crore. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had categorically denied the allegation.
