ED seizures cash of Rs.1.34 cr, jewellery, assets valued at Rs.1.07 cr, and freezes of balance amounting to Rs.20.90 lakh lying in bank accounts
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable properties amounting to Rs.3.89 crore in the case of notorious criminal Suresh Jagubhai Patel and others under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
ED said that they attached twenty-three immovable properties belonging to Pritiben Suresh Patel, wife of Suresh Jagubhai Patel which are derived by indulging in criminal activities such as murder, extortion, corruption, etc., relating to the scheduled offence.
The ED initiated a PMLA investigation based on FIRs registered by Daman Police, Gujarat Police, and Mumbai Police against Suresh Jagubhai Patel alias Sukha and his accomplices under various offences of corruption, possession of illegal firearms, murder, extortion, etc.
Earlier, ED had conducted a search operation at the residential premises of Suresh and his accomplices resulting in the seizure of cash of Rs.1.34 crore, jewellery and assets valued at Rs.1.07 crore, and freezing of balance amounting to Rs.20.90 lakh lying in bank accounts.
Furthermore, cash amounting to Rs.22.68 lakhs was seized at the residential premises of one of the accomplices of Suresh Patel.
The total value of the movable, immovable properties seized, attached in this case to date is Rs.6.73 crore.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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