The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has attached assets worth more than Rs 52 crore of arrested Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia, his wife and some other accused in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case.
A provisional order has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act to attach among others immovable properties (worth Rs 7.29 crore) comprising two assets of Manish Sisodia and his wife Seema Sisodia, land/flat of another accused Rajesh Joshi (director of Chariot Productions Media Pvt Ltd.) and land/flat of Gautam Malhotra.
The attachment also includes movable assets worth Rs 44.29 crore including bank balances of Manish Sisodia worth Rs 11.49 lakh, Brindco Sales Pvt. Ltd. (amount of Rs 16.45 crore) and others, the agency said in a statement.
The total attachment value is Rs 52.24 crore, the ED said.
Sisodia, a former deputy chief minister of Delhi, was arrested by the ED in this case in March and he is currently in judicial custody. -- PTI