ED attaches assets worth Rs. 86 lakh of Bihar maoist leader under PMLA

The Enforcement Directorate, here on Monday, attached properties, both movable and immovable, valued at Rs. 86 lakh of a Maoist cadre under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The Maoist leader has been identified as Sandeep Yadav, who is in-charge of the Madhya Zone of the Bihar-Jharkhand Special Area Committee of Communist Party India (Maoist), according to the ED's official statement.

The



central probe agency attached the properties on the basis of a proposal sent by the Bihar state police.

"During the investigation, it has been revealed that cash to the tune of more than Rs 1.50 crore have been infused in several bank accounts and immovable assets held in the name of family members of Sandeep Yadav out of which properties valued at Rs 86 lakhs have been detected and attached," the statement said.