New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) Seventy acres of land and flats in Gurugram, a few dwelling units in Mumbai, a farmhouse in Delhi and fixed deposits worth about Rs 113 crore of Amit Katyal, an alleged "close associate" of RJD chief Lalu Prasad's family, and his realty companies have been attached under the anti-money laundering law, the ED said Thursday. The investigation by the central agency pertains to the "siphoning and illegal diversion" of plot buyers' money by the promoters and their companies without having any licence from the Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP). A provisional order was issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on August 6 to attach the properties worth Rs 113.
03 crore in the case of Amit Katyal, Krrish Realtech Pvt. Ltd. and Brahma City Pvt.
Ltd., the Enforcement Directorate said in a statement. Katyal was arrested by the central agency last year in a separate money laundering case related to the railways alleged land-for-jobs scam involving Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, son and former deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, MP daughter Misa Bharti and some other children.
It said the attached assets included 70 acres of land in Sector 63 and 65 (villages of Nangli Umarpur, Ullhawas, Maidawas) in Gurugram, five flats in a real estate project named Krrish Province Estates and seven flats in Krrish Florence Estate in Gurugram held in the names of "benami" directors and two flats in Mumbai held in a "benami" company. A luxurious farmhouse at Jonapu.