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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today said, it has attached assets worth 68 lakh rupees of two top Maoist leaders in Bihar in connection with a money-laundering probe against them.
This is second such action against the top Naxal leadership after the central probe agency last month attached properties worth 86 lakh of a Jharkhand-based ultra ‘commander’ Sandeep Yadav.
According to the Agency, the latest action is against Pradumn Sharma and Pramod Sharma and the assets attached include various plots, a house and bank balances.
The Agency took cognizance of 67 FIRs and charge sheets filed against them by the state police to file a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The ED has begun initiating action against the Naxal leadership under the anti-money laundering law as part of a coordinated offensive against Maoists along with security forces, police and the National Investigation Agency.