New Delhi sources have stated that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said it has attached 41 properties, valued at over Rs 1,200 crore, in connection with its money laundering probe in the PNB scam against Gitanjali Gems and its promoter Mehul Choksi. Meanwhile the central probe agency issued a provisional order for attachment under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).



According to sources the attached assets include 15 flats and 17 office premises in Mumbai, a mall in Kolkata, a four acre farm house in Alibaug and 231 acres of land at locations like Nasik, Nagpur, Panvel and Villupuram in Tamilnadu. As per the statement a 170 acre park in Hyderabad's Ranga Reddy district valued at over Rs 500 crore has also been attached.

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Sources have stated that both Choksi and Modi are said to have left the country before criminal cases were lodged against them. However if they have denied any wrongdoing and the ED, a central probe agency under the union finance ministry, is investigating if the allegedly defrauded bank funds were laundered and proceeds of crime were subsequently used by the accused to create illegal assets and black money.

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