Mohali, Sept. 12 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a fresh chargesheet against 16 more accused in the multi-crore guava orchard scam.

The 11,500-page chargesheet was submitted in the court of additional sessions judge Hardip Singh, with the matter now listed for hearing on September 20. With this, the number of people facing prosecution in the case has risen to 96.

This comes a day after ED Jalandhar provisionally attached properties worth Rs.9.87 crore belonging to the accused, including alleged mastermind Bhupinder Singh, businessman Vikas Bhandari, his wife Ritika Bhandari, property dealer Karam Singh, and his brother Gurdeep Singh under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

The guava orchard scam ...