LUCKNOW, July 16 -- The Enforcement Directorate, Allahabad sub-zonal office, on Tuesday ordered attachment of six immovable properties worth Rs.4.18 crore belonging to M/s Spectrum Infraservices Private Limited, a company owned and controlled by Atul Rai, former MP of Ghosi constituency in Uttar Pradesh, and Jitender Sapra, officials said in a press statement.

They said the action is part of a money laundering investigation linked to M/s Vikas Construction, a company controlled by slain gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, and others under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The properties attached include a residential apartment in New Delhi, three residential plots in Varanasi, and two agricultu...