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Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached land worth 160 crore rupees belonging to a realty firm in connection with a money laundering case against NCP leader and former Maharashtra PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal. The plot, which is located in Navi Mumbai area, was registered under the name of Devisha Infrastructure. According to the Enforcement Directorate, the action has been done in the “Chhagan Bhujbal” case.
The firm is said to have been managed by Bhujbal’s son Pankaj and his nephew Samir. The firm is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on a Mumbai Police FIR filed against it. The complaint has names of Pankaj and Samir, who have been booked under IPC Sections connected to cheating, criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and relevant provisions of Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act.
Enforcement Directorate said that an amount of 44 crore is involved in the case and it concerns 2,300 people, who had booked houses in a project promoted by the realty firm.
Earlier, about 25-30 people, who were waiting for the project to start had approached the court regarding delay in its construction. The builder firm told the buyers that the project named ‘Hex World’ was held up due to administrative delays.
The firm, in 2010, had taken 10 per cent of the flat’s cost as booking amount from the buyers, but didn’t start any work. Following delays in the project they offered to refund the money.