ED seizes assets worth Rs 32 lakh, liquor bottles in probe against Himachal drug official
Jun 26, 2025
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], June 26 : The Enforcement Directorate's Chandigarh Zone seized two vehicles worth around Rs 32 lakh, over 40 bank accounts, fixed deposits, and three lockers linked to Assistant Drug Controller in Dharamshala, Nishant Sareen, and his family.
The searches were carried out on June 22-23 at seven places in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab in a case related to misuse of position, corruption, and bribery. 
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As per the statement from Enforcement Directorate, "Enforcement Directorate's Chandigarh Zone has seized two vehicles worth approximately Rs 32 lakhs, more than 40 bank accounts and Fixed Deposit receipts and three lockers belonging to Nishant Sareen (presently posted as Assistant Drug Controller, Dharamshala) and his family members during searches conducted on June 22-23 at seven residential, commercial premises and Government office located in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab in a case related to misuse of official position for personal benefits and corruption and bribery while being posted as Assistant Drug Controller, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh."
The ED also found over 60 unaccounted liquor bottles at his home in New Chandigarh.
"Additionally, more than 60 unaccounted liquor bottles were also found at his residence at Omaxe Cassia, New Chandigarh," the statement reads.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches at 18 places in Karnataka in connection with the "engineering seat blocking scam" in private engineering colleges in Bengaluru, sources said.
ED's Bengaluru office is conducting the search operation at the premises of the accused colleges, the trustee of BMS College and their main associates, the offices and residences of a few private education consultants, and a few seat-blocking agents.
Agency officials said that the main accused in this case are the Bhusanayana Mukundadas Sreenivasaiah (BMS) College of Engineering, Akash Institute of Engineering and Technology, and New Horizon College of Engineering."These colleges and their associates are suspected of being involved in financial irregularities related to the seat allocation process."
In this case, seats in private engineering colleges were allegedly being blocked, possibly to be later sold at a premium, depriving deserving candidates of fair admission opportunities.
