The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has taken multiple actions involving provisional attachment of assets in ongoing money laundering and gold smuggling investigations across India. On June 28, 2025, the ED attached assets worth approximately ₹557.43 crore linked to Mahira Infratech Pvt. Ltd. and related entities, including 35 acres of land in Gurugram and fixed deposit receipts worth ₹97 lakh. This action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Subsequently, on July 4, 2025, the ED provisionally attached immovable properties valued at ₹34.12 crore belonging to Kannada actor Ranya Rao in connection with a gold smuggling-linked money laundering case involving a ₹56.62 crore racket. The investigation revealed her involvement in laundering proceeds through hawala transactions, with seizures including 14.2 kg of gold bars. Further, on July 7, 2025, the ED's Chandigarh Zonal Office attached nine immovable properties—comprising two houses and seven apartments—in Chandigarh, New Delhi, and Gurgaon, along with bank balances totaling approximately ₹14.06 crore, linked to retired Haryana IAS officers. Additionally, on July 8, 2025, the ED Bengaluru Zonal Office released properties valued at ₹3.82 crore to Karnataka authorities following a court order aimed at restoring proceeds of crime to rightful claimants.
In a significant move to restore the Proceeds of Crime (POC) to the rightful claimants, vide Hon'ble Additional Sessions Judge order dated 1/7/2025 the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has by released properties valued at Rs. 3,82,74,444/- to Karnataka https://t.co/RQUBgdih0X
’250 کروڑ کا صرف ایک بنگلہ، لگژری گاڑیاں‘، رنبیر کپور کے پاس اثاثوں کی تفصیلات سامنے آگئیں https://t.co/X8bn8Un7w5
Bank balance of Rs. 14.06 crore, 2 houses, 7 apartments: ED attaches retired Haryana IAS officers’ assets https://t.co/qUCwJefBmR