Liquor scam: ED attaches Congress office in Chhattisgarh, assets of ex-minister
A Congress office in Chhattisgarh apart from assets of its former minister Kawasi Lakhma and his son have been attached as part of a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged Rs 2,100 crore worth liquor scam that took place in the state during the previous government, the ED said Friday.
A provisional order for attaching these properties has been issued under the PMLA.
The ED said in a statement that the attached assets include Congress Bhawan at Sukma district headquarters, which is in the name of Chhattisgarh PCC, a residential house at Raipur in the name of Kawasi Lakhma and a house at Sukma in the name of his son Harish Kawasi.
The value of these three assets is `6.15 crore, it said.
This is the first time that the federal probe agency has attached assets of a political party under the anti-money laundering law.
A Congress spokesperson said in Raipur that the ED action was 'part of BJP's political conspiracy' and added that the party will furnish records of 'each and every' penny used for the construction of the office at Sukma.
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