New Delhi, July 15 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday attached six immovable properties worth Rs 4.18 crore owned by Spectrum Infraservices Pvt Ltd -- a company owned and controlled by former MP from Uttar Pradesh's Ghosi constituency, Atul Rai, and and Jitender Sapra, a close aide of slain gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, the agency said.

The attached properties include one residential apartment in New Delhi, three residential plots in Varanasi, and two agricultural lands located in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh.

According to officials, Sapra, the aide of the late Mukhtar Ansari, is being accused and investigated by the ED for allegedly acquiring property worth crores through illicit means.

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