₹32 lakh worth vehicles, 40 bank accounts, 60 liquor bottles: ED crackdown on drug officer in corruption case
The Chandigarh zone of the Enforcement Directorate seized two vehicles worth nearly ₹ 32 lakhs, more than 40 bank accounts and fixed deposit receipts, and three lockers owned by Nishant Sareen and his family members during searches conducted on June 22 to 23 at seven residential, commercial, and Government offices located in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab, reported ANI.
Sareen is currently posted as Assistant Drug Controller in Dharamshala. The searches were carried out concerning a case related to misuse of official position for personal gain, as well as corruption and bribery while serving as Assistant Drug Controller, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh.
ED also found 60 unaccounted liquor bottles at his residence at Omaxe Cassia, New Chandigarh.
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