The Enforcement Directorate has attached an estimated 75 crore rupees assets of a borrower company and its associates in connection with money laundering probe in the National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) scam case.

This is the first attachment order was issued by the agency, under Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA) laws. In this case,the sources said the assets belong to Mohan India and its group companies — Tavishi Enterprises Private Limited and Brinda Commodity Private Limited, which owe the investors Rs 922 crores.They are one of the largest borrowers in the businesses of this exchange, sources said.

The agency had conducted searches on the premises of the company on October 31 and had sealed a number of them in cities like Mumbai, national capital region, Lucknow, Punjab and Chandigarh.