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The financial probe agency in a statement said the ED has attached 70 immovable assets located in Jalgaon, Mumbai, Thane and Sillod in Maharashtra, and Kutch in Gujarat among other areas

He was produced before Special Judge MK Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Court, on expiry of his five-day police custody, in connection with a money laundering case pertaining to the now-scrapped excise policy, an officer said.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) searches are being undertaken under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and about three premises are being covered, according to preliminary inputs.

It is anticipated that scores of AAP workers can gather outside the ED’s office at Janpath to protest Sanjay Singh’s arrest.

It is alleged that the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor traders allowed cartelisation and favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge strongly refuted by the AAP.

Although ED counsel informed the court that the sealed envelope contains the name and details of the actor, he did not name the beneficiary.

The CBI FIR said that a written complaint filed on November 11 last year alleged cheating, criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and criminal misconduct by the Jet Airways founder.

The ED has filed Prosecution Complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) against the three aforesaid companies before the special MPLA court with a prayer for the conviction of the accused and confiscation of properties.

Filed by state BJP leader Shankudeb Panda, the complaint contains details of Rs 23 crore duped by said individuals from these 415 individuals who were mainly senior citizens.

The probe agency has issued a provisional order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to attach assets worth Rs 52.24 of the Sisodia couple and some other accused being probed in this case.

The sources said that the old draft cabinet note was causing hindrance in pursuing Sisodia's ulterior motives including providing assistance to the South Group, and hence it was allegedly destroyed.

An ED official said that its Srinagar Zone office on Friday conducted searches at 12 locations in Ahmedabad, Morbi and Mehsana in Gujarat in connection with the probe into the matter.

Earlier, the ED had attached these immovable properties worth Rs 82.77 crore belonging to Singhal and others in Ranchi.

On Friday, Special Judge M.K. Nagpal of the Rouse Avenue Court had denied bail to Sisodia holding that that the evidence, prima facie, "speaks volumes" of his involvement in commission of the offence.

Karnataka High Court has rejected Chinese firm Xiaomi's plea against the seizure of Rs 5,551.27 crore from its bank accounts by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).