Jalandhar, May 17 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday attached assets worth Rs.1.29 crore of a former Punjab Police officer as part of an alleged extortion-linked money laundering investigation being conducted against him.

The action has been taken against Ashish Kapoor, a former assistant inspector general (AIG) of police, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the federal probe agency said in a statement.

In October 2022, the vigilance bureau arrested Kapoor under the Prevention of Corruption Act in a 2016 case for allegedly taking a bribe worth Rs.1 crore.

Kapoor was arrested for committing offences under Sections 7, 7-A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as amended by the PC (Amendment) Act, 2018 a...