New Delhi, June 2 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth over Rs 1,000 crore in connection with the alleged Chhattisgarh liquor scam, marking a major escalation in its ongoing money laundering probe.

In a statement, ED said its Raipur zonal office issued three Provisional Attachment Orders (PAOs) on May 28 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, targeting properties with a deed value of around Rs 200 crore and an estimated market value exceeding Rs 1,000 crore.

ED said the investigation stems from an FIR registered by the Economic Offences Wing/ Anti-Corruption Bureau (EOW/ACB), Raipur.

According to the agency, a liquor syndicate led by "businessman Anwar Dhebar and former IAS officer Anil Tute...