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Odisha: ED Attaches Ex MLA’s Assets

Bhubaneswar, Mar 15: In connection with a prevention of money laundering case registered against ex-MLA and Biju Janta Dal Leader Anam Naik, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 1.52 crore. Naik was MLA from Bhawanipatna constituency in Odisha.

On the basis of the FIR registered at Koraput Police Station under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(b) of the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, the ED initiated money laundering investigation and possession of disproportionate assets over known sources of income.

The ED learnt in the investigation that Naik has invested his ill-gotten income, which are over and above his known sources of income, in acquiring various properties and bank investments in his name and in the name of his family members.

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