India, April 15 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Kolkata, on Tuesday said it has provisionally attached 707 acres of land in and around Aamby Valley city project in Lonavala worth Rs.1460 crore in connection with the money laundering case against Sahara India group.

"This land was purchased in benami names with the funds diverted from Sahara group entities," ED said in a statement.

The residential and entertainment city in the Sahyadri mountain ranges in Pune district is about 100km from Mumbai and was pitched as India's first planned hill city.

ED started its investigation in December 2010 after cases were registered by the police in Rajasthan, Odisha and Bihar for cheating against Humara India Credit Co-operative Society Ltd (HIC...