New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Thursday attached assets worth more than Rs 11 crore of former India cricketers Suresh Raina and Shikhar Dhawan as part of money laundering proceedings into the operations of the 1XBet betting application.

In the provisional attachment order, the ED attached mutual funds worth Rs 6.64 crore of Raina, while Dhawan’s immovable property worth Rs 4.5 crore face similar action.

Under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the ED can attach properties if it has “reasons to believe” that any asset originated from a criminal offence. The adjudicating authority under the PMLA must confirm the provisional attachment of assets within 180 days from the date of the provisional order for the agency to take possession of the assets

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