AHEAD OF ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS IN HIMACHAL ED ATTACHES ASSETS WORTH RS.5.6 CRORE AGAINST CM VIRBHADRA SINGH

Ahead of next month’s assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached assets worth Rs 5.6 crores against Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh in connection with a money laundering case. ED said that the assets, both movable and immovable, are in the name of the Chief Minister’s son Vikramaditya Singh, daughter Aprajita Singh and wife Pratibha Singh.

“This order attaches Rs 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 Rs 64 lakh in the name of Vikramaditya Singh and Aprajita Singh and fixed deposits to the tune of Rs 20 lakh in bank account of Aprajita Singh (have been attached),” the agency said in a statement.