In a major action against tax evasion and money laundering, the Ranchi zonal office of the directorate of enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached 10 immovable properties worth Rs15.41 crore belonging to Amit Gupta and his associates in Kolkata and Howrah. The attachments were made on 29 September 2025 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the agency says. The action follows an extensive investigation into a large-scale goods and services tax (GST) fraud syndicate, spearheaded by Shiva Kumar Deora, Amit Gupta, Sumit Gupta, and Amit Agarwal, also known as Vicky Bhalotia. The investigation began after multiple complaints were filed by the directorate general of GST intelligence (DGGI) from Jamshedpur. According to ED, the syndicate set up

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