India, July 4 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs.34.12 crore in connection with its money laundering probe into the alleged gold smuggling syndicate involving Kannada actor Ranya Rao, the agency said on Friday.

"ED, Headquarter Investigative Unit-II, New Delhi has provisionally attached immovable properties valued at Rs.34.12 crore under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a case involving transnational gold smuggling and laundering of its proceeds by Harshavardini Ranya alias Ranya Rao and her associates. The attached assets include immovable properties located in Bengaluru and Tumkur districts of Karnataka," ED said in a statement.

The financial crimes probe agency said it h...