In a big setback to late Congress leader Ahmed Patel's son-in-law Irfan Ahmed Siddiqui and Bollywood actor Dino Morea, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached their properties in connection with the Sandesara Group bank fraud case. Meanwhile, after the action taken by the ED, BJP MLA Nitesh Rane has targeted Dino Morea.
Nitesh Rane in his tweet wrote,"Dino is the Vaze of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. If one digs more … lot of penguins will come out running.. We have the proofs!!"
An ED official said that the financial probe agency on Friday attached eight immovable properties, three vehicles and several bank accounts/shares/mutual funds having a total value of Rs 8.79 crore belonging to four persons under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the Sandesara Group case.
The official said that the agency attached properties to the tune of Rs 1.4 crore belonging to Morea, besides attaching properties worth Rs 2.41 crore in the name of Siddiqui.
The official said that during the probe, it was revealed that the Sandesaras had diverted the proceeds of crime of Rs 3 crore, Rs 1.4 crore, Rs 12.54 crore and Rs 3.51 crore to Sanjay Khan, Dino Morea, Aqeel Bachooali and Irfan Ahmed Siddiqui, respectively.
Earlier, the ED had attached properties to the tune of Rs 14,513 crore in connection with the case.