The Enforcement Directorate on Friday attached assets worth ₹5.6 crore in connection with its money laundering probe against Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his family, a day after the Election Commission announced dates for the forthcoming assembly polls in the State.

The central probe agency said the assets are in the name of the Chief Minister’s son Vikramaditya Singh, daughter Aprajita Singh and wife Pratibha Singh. The ED said it had issued a provisional order of attachment under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

“This order attaches ₹4.2 crore from a portion of farmhouse at Dera Mandi in Delhi in the name of Ms Tarini International and fixed assets of Ms Tarini Infra Damanganga project at Vapi in Gujarat. “Also, shares worth ₹64 lakh in the name of Vikramaditya Singh and Aprajita Singh and fixed deposits to the tune of ₹20 lakh in bank account of Aprajita Singh (have been attached),” the agency said in a statement.

The agency had earlier said that Chandrashekar is the promoter/director of Tarini Group of Companies, which is engaged in hydro power projects in Himachal Pradesh, thereby alleging a quid pro quo between the two parties.

It said during investigations into the “trail of funds passing through Chandershekhar, it was revealed that an amount of ₹5.9 crore was given by him to Virbhadra Singh and his family members through his three personal bank accounts”.

With the latest order, the ED said, a total of ₹40 crore (market value) assets have been attached by it in the case till now.

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