ED attaches properties worth Rs 67 crore in four bank fraud cases

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth over Rs 67 crore in multiple bank fraud cases. These assets belong to Kolkata-based businessmen who defrauded banks using forged documents.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth over Rs 67 crore in multiple bank fraud cases, officials said. In one of the cases, the ED has attached assets worth Rs 24 crore of absconding accused Pushpesh Kumar Baid and his family members and associated firms in an alleged Rs 182 crore bank loan fraud case. ED has attached several movable and immovable properties including investments made in shares of the other companies of accused. The attached immovable assets are located in the prominent areas of West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh like Ballygunge, Rash Behari Avenue, Chowringhee, and Tripur. ED had initiated its investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).