The directorate of enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached a 1.35-acre commercial plot valued at around Rs108 crore in a money laundering probe involving real estate developer Vatika Ltd and its promoters. With this action, total attachments in the case have risen to nearly Rs176 crore. ED says the attachment was made under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, based on multiple first information reports (FIRs) filed in 2021 by the Delhi police’s economic offences wing (EOW). These FIRs, registered under sections 120B and 420 of the IPC, accuse Vatika, its promoters Anil Bhalla and Gautam Bhalla, and others of criminal conspiracy, cheating and dishonestly inducing investors and homebuyers. According to ED, the investigation revealed that Vatika allegedly enti

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