New Delhi: Assets worth RS 18.14 Crore belonging to the alleged Benami entity from the Unitech group have been attached under the anti-money laundering law, said the Directorate of Enforcement.
The attached property includes Gurgaon (Haryana) located multiplex, six commercial properties in Gurgaon and Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and two dozen bank accounts and fixed deposits.
The book value of this asset is Rs 18.14 Crore, he said.
“This asset is on behalf of the Enova Private Limited Facility Management Services and Property Services FNM Private Limited which is a bench entity from Chandras (Unitech Promotors Ajay Chandra and Sanjay Chandra),” said the agency in a statement.
Allegedly that these two bench entities were “managed by Chandras through their close trust and assets attached / created from the results of the crime transferred from the Unitech group”.
Beni transactions are settings where a property (moving or non-moving) is transferred to or held in the name of the one person (Benamidar), but is actually owned and enjoyed by others (helpful owners).
This money laundering case is based on a number of economic violations of Delhi Police (EOW) and FIR CBI submitted by home buyers on the Unitech group and promoters.
Ed submitted a criminal case under various parts of the PMLA earlier this year against the Unitech group and the promoter on charges that the owner – Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra – illegally diverted more than Rs 2,000 Crore to Cyprus and the Cayman Islands.
The total property attachment in this case has now reached Rs 690.66 Crore.
Last month, Ed had captured the founder of Unitech Ramesh Chandra, his pre-loving Preeti Chandra and another executive of a company in this matter.