The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has frozen the property in which a palatial bungalow is being built by family members of V. Ashok Kumar, brother of jailed Minister V. Senthilbalaji, at Andankoil East on the Karur-Salem Road, in Karur.
Mr. Kumar’s family is allegedly constructing the huge bungalow on a plot measuring 2.49 acres, where ED officials conducted checks on Wednesday.
In a notice served to A. Nirmala, wife of Mr. Kumar, Brijesh Beniwal, the Assistant Director of Enforcement Directorate, said that the action of freezing the property had been taken under section 17 (1-A) of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The property should not be transferred or otherwise dealt with without the prior permission of the office of the Joint Director of Enforcement Directorate of Chennai Zonal Office.
