2 Builders' Assets Worth Rs 415 Crore Seized In India's Biggest Bank Fraud

Sanjay Chhabria and Avinash Bhosale were earlier arrested in the Yes Bank-DHFL case that caused an alleged loss of over Rs 34,000 crore to banks.

Days after An AgustaWestland helicopter was seized from the property of a Maharashtra-based builder accused of money laundering and cheating, the Enforcement Directorate today attached assets worth Rs 415 crore from him, and another builder, who are accused in India's biggest bank fraud.

Sanjay Chhabria of Radius Developers and Avinash Bhosale of ABIL Infrastructure and Metropolis Hotels were earlier arrested in the Yes Bank-DHFL (Dewan Housing Finance Limited) case that caused an alleged loss of over Rs 34,000 crore to a consortium of 17 banks led by Union Bank of India.

Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, officers had last week found the helicopter at the property Avinash Bhosale in Pune.

Today, a land parcel in Mumbai's Santacruz worth Rs 116.5 crore, 25% equity shares of Mr Chhabria's company held in a land parcel located at Bengaluru worth Rs 115 crore, another flat in Santacruz worth Rs 3 crore, profit from a hotel belonging to Mr Chhabria at Delhi airport worth Rs 13.67 crore, and three high-end luxury cars of Sanjay Chhabria worth Rs. 3.10 crore were seized.