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The property worth Rs 52.24 crore that has been seized includes immovable property worth Rs 7.29 crore. In which Sisodia and his wife have 2 immovable properties.
The ED on Friday attached properties worth Rs 52.24 crore in the Delhi Liquor Policy scam case. According to sources, two properties of former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and his wife Seema Sisodia have been sealed. His bank balance of Rs 11 lakh has also been put on hold.
Apart from this, properties of other close relatives of Sisodia including Amandeep Singh Dhall, Rajesh Joshi, Gautam Malhotra have also been attached. ED has taken this action a day after arresting businessman Dinesh Arora. Dinesh is considered close to Sisodia.
On July 4, the Delhi High Court rejected Sisodia’s bail plea in the ED case.
Immovable property worth 7.29 crores seized
According to media reports, this is the second provisional attachment (kurki) in this case. The property worth Rs 52.24 crore that has been attached includes immovable property worth Rs 7.29 crore. Which includes 2 immovable properties of Sisodia and his wife.
Apart from these, land and flat of Chariot Productions Media Pvt Ltd of Rajesh Joshi and land and flat of Gautam Malhotra have also been attached. Earlier, movable and immovable properties worth Rs 76.54 crore of Vijay Nair, Sameer Mahndru, Amit Arora, Arun Pillai were attached.
Assets worth Rs 128.78 crore seized so far in 1934 crore scam
A scam of Rs 1934 crore has been done in the Delhi liquor policy case. ED has so far attached assets worth Rs 128.78 crore. At the same time, 13 accused have been arrested.
Apart from ED, CBI is also conducting its own investigation regarding the scam in Delhi liquor policy case.
AAP bid – Center fabricated stories to tarnish Sisodia’s image
Minister in the Delhi government and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Atishi said that the central government has fabricated stories in the media to malign Sisodia’s image. BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are spreading lies because Aam Aadmi Party leaders are not joining BJP even after going to jail.
He said that out of the two flats seized by the ED, one was bought by Sisodia in 2005 i.e. 18 years ago. The second flat was bought in 2018. This was stated by the ED itself in its documents on 3rd July. These properties were purchased many years before the new excise policy was formulated.
ED had said that Sisodia received a bribe of 2.2 crores
On July 6, ED arrested businessman Dinesh Arora in this case. According to the ED’s FIR, Arora had met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal regarding the excise policy. Also he was working closely with AAP leader Vijay Nair.
The ED had mentioned in its supplementary charge sheet filed in May that Dinesh is close to Sisodia. He used to take money from another businessman Amit Arora and send it to Sisodia. He had given a bribe of about 2.2 crores to Sisodia to benefit Amit and change the liquor policy.
CBI had arrested Sisodia on February 26 after a long interrogation.
Sisodia filed a petition in the Supreme Court regarding this case
Manish Sisodia has simultaneously filed a bail application in the Supreme Court on Thursday in the cases of ED and CBI regarding Delhi Liquor Policy. Two days back, the Delhi High Court had rejected Sisodia’s bail plea in the ED case.
What is liquor policy scam, Sisodia accused of waiving tender fees
Under the old policy in Delhi, L1 and L10 licenses were given to retail vendors. In this, L1 shops used to run in DDA’s approved market, local shopping center, convenient shopping center, district center and community center.
There were 849 liquor shops in Delhi till the implementation of the new excise policy for liquor on 17 November 2021. Of these, 60% shops were government owned and 40% were private.
Delhi’s Kejriwal government approved the new liquor policy on 17 November. Under this, government liquor shops were closed in Delhi. To implement the new policy, Delhi was divided into 32 zones.
There were 27 liquor shops in each zone. The ownership of these shops was given under the license issued to the zone. In every ward, 2 to 3 vendors were allowed to sell liquor.
According to the report submitted to the Lt Governor and CM of Delhi, Sisodia changed the liquor policy without the approval of the Lt Governor. For example, waiving tender license fee of Rs 144.36 crore in the name of Corona pandemic.
It is alleged that this benefited the liquor contractors. It has been alleged in the report that the commission received from this was used by the Aam Aadmi Party in the Punjab assembly elections.
After all the flaws in the new liquor policy, the new liquor policy was withdrawn within four months.
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