The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has attached assets of late Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s son-in-law, actors Dino Morea and Sanjay Khan and DJ Aqeel in a money laundering case involving Gujarat-based pharmaceutical company Sterling Biotech group. It said a provisional order was issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to attach the assets of the four people which are worth Rs 8.79 crore.
The Enforcement Directorate said that it started an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, on the basis of FIRs filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Its investigation revealed that the Sandesara brothers and their relatives had diverted money obtained through criminal activity, or proceeds of crime, to Morea and others, the Enforcement Directorate said. Bachooali allegedly received Rs 12.54 crore from the Sandesaras, Siddiqui got 3.51 crore, Khan Rs 3 crore and Morea 1.4 crore.
Assets worth Rs 3 crore of Khan were attached, followed by Rs 2.41 crore of Siddiqui, Rs 1.98 crore of Bachooali, and Rs 1.4 crore of Morea, the investigating agency said.
“Earlier, ED had attached movable/immovable properties to the tune of Rs 14,513 crore vide 08 provisional attachment orders in relation to this case,” the statement said. “With this attachment, the total attachment in this case reached to Rs 14,521.8 crore. Total proceeds of crime in this case is more than Rs 16,000 crore.”
