ED attaches accused's flat for 2011 hooch deaths

Jaipur: Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached a 2 BHK flat measuring 985 square feet belonging to accused Amandeep Singh Bhullar, resident of Indore, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).

The attached asset located at Silver Lake Vista, Limbodi, Indore worth Rs 10 lakh has been attached in the hooch tragedy in Jodhpur resulting in the death of 22 persons in 2011.

FIRs were registered by Basni police station and Luni police station (both in Jodhpur) on January 19 and January 29, 2011, respectively, and charge-sheets were filed against accused Kaluram Vishnoi, Sharda Devi, Amandeep Singh Bhullar and others for illegal sale of spurious liquor which resulted death of 22 persons in Jodhpur. ED initiated investigation under provisions of PMLA on the basis of Sections 304, 467, 471, 420 read with 120B of IPC being scheduled Offence under Section 2(1) (y) of PMLA 2002. Investigation revealed that accused Bhullar supplied illegal spirit in Jodhpur and Pali area of Rajasthan to co-accused Kaluram Vishnoi.