The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has provisionally attached properties worth Rs 2.84 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in ‘Post matric Scholarship Scam’.
The properties were attached by the Lucknow Zonal Office. The attached assets include seven plots worth Rs 76,83,000 in the name of Syed Ishrat Hussain Jafri, one flat worth Rs 52,00,000 in the name of his wife Rachna Jafri, two plots worth Rs 76,55,000 in name of Praveen Singh Chauhan and one plot worth Rs 24,00,000 in the name of his wife Hema Singh, one plot worth Rs 35,50,000 in the name of Ram and Shyam Educational Society purchased by Ravi Prakash Gupta and balance Rs 19,69,000 in the bank account of Vikram Nag.
The ED initiated investigation in this case on receipt of intelligence and subsequent registration of FIR dated March 30 by Uttar Pradesh Police (Hazratganj police station) on the basis of information shared by ED.