New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached three immovable properties worth over Rs.10 crore owned by film director and producer S Shankar under the stringent Prevention of Money Laundering Act, in connection with a complaint that accused him of plagiarism in the Rajinikanth-starrer 2010 movie Enthiran (Robot).

The financial crime probe agency was acting on a complaint filed by an individual named Aarur Tamilnadan, who alleged that the storyline of the movie Enthiran (Robot) was copied from a story titled Jiguba authored by him, thereby rendering Shankar liable for violations under the Copyright Act, 1957, and the (then) Indian Penal Code.

To be sure, the Copyright Act, 1957, is classified as a scheduled offence...