Mumbai. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 11.35 crore of Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik in an alleged money laundering case related to the NSEL fraud.
Confirming the developments, Sarnaik said that he would soon move the court to clarify his position in the matter and cooperate fully with the ED as he had done earlier.
“This has been going on since I took action against (actress) Kangana Ranaut and journalist Arnab Goswami last year,” Sarnaik told media persons.
The ED has attached two flats at Hiranandani Complex and a plot of land in Thane wholly worth Rs 11.35 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in the National Spot Exchange Limited fraud case.
NSEL has been under investigation ever since the complaint was filed by the Economic Offenses Wing of Mumbai Police in September 2013, on the basis of which the ED has started its investigation.
The case involves NSEL, its directors and top officials, 25 defaulters and others who are accused of criminal conspiracy to defraud around 15,000 investors.
They have been charged with criminal breach of trust for doing business on the NSEL platform, forging documents, forging warehouse receipts, creating fake accounts and thereby defrauding investors to the tune of Rs 5,600 crore.
—AnyTV News
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