Raipur: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken major action in the matter of money laundering related to the liquor scam of Chhattisgarh. The ED has attached assets worth over Rs 121 crore of Raipur Mayor Ejaz Dhebar's elder brother Anwar Dhebar, IAS officer Anil Tuteja, former Managing Director of Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Limited Arun Pati Tripathi and others. ED officials have given this information on Monday (May 22).

The provisionally attached properties 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 1.35 crore of Tripathi, said a statement issued by the ED. 

According to the ED, under the same order, attachment action has also been taken on properties worth Rs 1.54 crore of Vikas Aggarwal alias Subbu and 32 properties of Arvind Singh worth Rs 11.35 crore. The total value of the attached properties is Rs 121.87 crore. This money laundering case pertains to the chargesheet filed in 2022 by the Income Tax Department against IAS officer Tuteja and others in a Delhi court.

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