The Government has issued notices in 140 cases involving properties with a value of Rs 200 crore under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) law. “Show-cause notices for the provisional attachment of benami properties have been issued in 140 cases involving properties of the value of Rs 200 crore. Out of these, provisional attachment has already been affected in 124 cases,” Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar said in a written reply in the lok Sabha. “The benami properties attached include deposits in bank accounts and immovable properties.” The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016, came into effect from November 1, 2016.