New Delhi, June 13 -- In a significant development in the ongoing investigation into the massive liquor scam in Chhattisgarh, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth Rs.6.15 crore, including a Congress party office and assets belonging to former excise minister Kawasi Lakhma and his son Harish Lakhma. This marks the first time the federal agency has attached assets of a political party under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The attached assets include the Congress Bhawan located in Sukma district headquarters, registered under the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee, a residential house in Raipur owned by Kawasi Lakhma, and another house in Sukma in the name of his son Harish. The ED's provisional...