The Enforcement Directorate today attached assets over 20 crore rupees of NCP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra Chhagan Bhujbal and others. The agency said, the total attachment in the case is now at 178 crore rupees.<br/>'<br/>Bhujbal is currently in jail after being arrested by the agency in March, last year under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in a money laundering case related to new Maharashtra Sadan in New Delhi. <br/><br/>Bhujbal's son and NCP legislator Pankaj and his nephew Sameer are also accused in this case. <br/><br/>According to the ED, the Bhujbal family had allegedly conspired with several others to divert or launder kickbacks received by Chhagan, when he was Maharashtra public works department minister. The money laundering charges against them relate to a contract for construction of state guest house- Maharashtra Sadan – in Delhi and the Kalina land grabbing case in Mumbai. <br/>
News On AIR | December 6, 2017 1:28 AM
Enforcement Directorate attaches Rs 20 crore assets in Chhagan Bhujbal PMLA case