ED attaches part of building worth ₹16.38 crore in AJL case

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday partly attached a nine-storey building in Mumbai’s Bandra worth ~16.38 crore in connection with an investigation involving Associated Journals Limited (AJL), publisher of National Herald newspaper and controlled by the Gandhi family.

The ED said it had attached a part of the building that has been established as “proceeds of crime” and that notices on the action taken under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) had been issued to AJL and veteran Congress leader, Motilal Vora, chairman and managing director of the company.

The nine-storey building, located on plot number 2, Survey number 341, near Kala Nagar in Bandra (East), has two basements and a total built-up area of 15,000 square metres; its total value is around ~120 crore.

Former Haryana chief minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, is named as an accused in the case.