Chennai, Feb. 21 -- Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Chennai Zonal Office has provisionally attached three immovable properties registered in the name of Tamil film director S. Shankar, with a total value of Rs.10.11 crore (approx.) under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

ED attached the properties on February 17. As per a release, ED initiated investigation on the basis of a complaint filed by Aarur Tamilnadan against S. Shankar before the 13th Metropolitan Magistrate Court, Egmore, Chennai, on May 19, 2011.

The complaint alleges that the storyline of the movie Enthiran (Robot), directed by S. Shankar, was copied from a story titled Jiguba authored by Aarur Tamilnadan, thereby rendering S. Shankar liabl...