AP Tripathi and Pappu Dhillon’s difficulties increased, court extended remand

Raipur. In Chhattisgarh, the mastermind of the 2000 crore liquor scam, Indian Telecom Service officer and Special Secretary of Excise Department Arun Pati (AP) Tripathi and liquor and hotel businessman Trilok Singh Dhillon alias Pappu Dhillon will remain in the possession of ED (Enforcement Directorate). Special Judge Ajay Singh Rajput has approved Tripathi’s three-day and Dhillon’s two-day ED remand. Earlier both were produced in the special court. A demand was made by the ED to remand both the accused for further investigation and questioning. Counsel for both the accused opposed this. Although the court has approved the remand after hearing both the sides.

Let us tell you that a day earlier, ED has attached assets worth about 121.87 crores of IAS Anil Tuteja, businessman Anwar Dhebar, AP Tripathi, Arvind Singh, Vikas Aggarwal etc. for their involvement in the alleged liquor scam. According to the press release issued by the ED, IAS Tuteja has 14 properties, the value of which has been stated as 8.83 crores. Similarly, 69 properties of Anwar Dhebar have been attached. The value of these properties has been stated as 98.78 crores. ED has also released a picture of Wellington Hotel located in the capital Raipur on its official Twitter handle. Similarly, three properties of Vikas Aggarwal worth Rs 1.54 crore and 32 properties of Arvind Singh worth Rs 11.35 crore have been attached. A property worth 1.35 crores of Arun Pati Tripathi has been attached. So far properties worth 180 crores have been attached.