The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 72 crore on Tuesday in the Delhi Liquor Policy case. It is being told that the properties of Vijay Nair, businessman Sameer Mahendru Dinesh Arora and Arun Pillai have been attached by the agency. These assets include movable and immovable properties, bank accounts, fixed deposits and vehicles. Let us tell you that Vijay Nair is the media in-charge of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). In fact, on January 6, the ED filed a second charge sheet in the case. The Central Investigation Agency named a total of 12 accused, out of which 5 have been arrested earlier.
Let us tell you that Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena found alleged irregularities in the implementation of Delhi’s Excise Policy 2021-22. After which a CBI inquiry was recommended. In which the liquor scheme appeared in the dock of questions. In the charge sheet of CBI, the names of Vijay Nair, Abhishek Boinpalli, Arun Pillai, Sameer Mahendru, Gautam Mutha, Kuldeep Singh and Narendra Singh are included in the charge sheet. It was alleged that irregularities were done while revising the excise policy and the license holders were benefitted by keeping the rules in check.
The first charge sheet was filed on 7 accused on November 25
Let us tell you that on November 25, the CBI had filed its first charge sheet against the seven accused in this case. The ED, in a remand report filed against accused Amit Arora in a Delhi court, had said that as per investigation so far, Vijay Nair, on behalf of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, has organized a group called South Group (which is controlled by Sarath Reddy, K Kavitha, is in the hands of Mangunta Srinivasa Reddy) through various persons including Amit Arora had received a bribe of at least Rs 100 crore.
The policy for 2021-22 was canceled after allegations of irregularities were made. The accused named in the chargesheet include Vijay Nair, Sharat Reddy, Binay Babu, Abhishek Bonpalli and Amit Arora. This is the second prosecution complaint (charge sheet) filed by the ED in this case under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The first chargesheet was filed in November last year. Sources said that a total of 12 people, including those arrested so far in the case, have been named in the charge sheet. This money laundering case is based on a CBI FIR in which Sisodia has also been made an accused. After registering the case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided the premises of Deputy Chief Minister Sisodia and some bureaucrats of the Delhi government.