Jalandhar, July 19 -- The Enforcement Directorate, Jalandhar, has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs.7.31 crore situated in Ludhiana and Mohali under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following an investigation into illegal call centres allegedly involved in duping foreign nationals, mainly from the United States.

These centres were being operated by accused identified as Ankush Bassi, Piyush Malik, Gurmeet Singh Gandhi and others.

ED initiated an investigation based on an FIR registered by the Punjab Police in 2022 at Ludhiana under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and the IT Act against Ankush Bassi and his accomplices for defrauding foreign nationals by impersonating as ...