The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth ₹14.28 crore in connection with a money laundering case against now-suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan and several others.
The properties belong to Sheikh Shahjahan, his brother Sk Alomgir, Sekh Sumaia Hafizia Trust (represented by Sk Alomgir), Abdul Alim Molla, Shib Prasad Hazra and others associates, include 17 bank accounts with a balance of about ₹3.78 crore and 55 immovable assets involving 38.90 bighas worth ₹10.50 crore, it said on Friday.
The ED said its probe was based on 13 First Information Reports (FIRs) registered by the West Bengal police under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act against Sheikh Shahjahan and others. They were accused of creating an atmosphere of terror by indulging in organised crime of giving threats of injury, murder, attempt to murder, extortion, etc., grabbing land and also obtaining illegal monetary gains/benefits.