The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday seized assets worth over Rs 218 crore, including diamonds and flats abroad in the name of fugitive diamond traders Mehul Choksi and others  in connection with the over Rs 13,000 crore credit fraud case.

The ED said three provisional orders under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) were issued by the agency's zonal office in Mumbai for attachment of the properties.

Besides Choksi, the other beneficiaries include Mihir Bhansali, a close aide and US-based executive of prime accused in the case Nirav Modi, and a Hyderabad-based company named A P Gems and Jewellery Park linked to Choksi.

The total value of the attached and seized assets is Rs 218.46 crore, the ED said.

The attached properties include a Rs 51 crore flat of Bhansali in a foreign country and the agency said it was purchased by him and his wife jointly.

"Bhansali is a close confidante of Nirav Modi and beneficiary of the scam. He was actively involved in the diversion of funds received from PNB's LoU's (letters of undertaking)," the ED said in a statement.

Similarly, a villa valued at Rs 27 crore of Choksi in an undisclosed country has also been attached.

A 2,10,000 sq feet building on a 2.5 acre land in Hyderabad's posh Banjara hills has been attached and the agency said it is in the name of A P Gems and Jewellery Park.

Choksi holds 89 per cent of shares in this firm by way of a "convoluted structure and overseas entity". A flat worth Rs 1.70 crore in Trump Towers in Mumbai in the name of Choksi's daughter has been also attached, the agency said.

Also, diamonds worth Rs 18.76 crore belonging to the Firestar group of Nirav Modi were seized as part of the latest order. The total value of attachments in this case with this latest order stand at Rs 4,488 crore now, the agency added.