Jalandhar, March 12 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has attached Punjab Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira's house in Chandigarh worth Rs.3.82 crore as part of a probe into a drug trafficking-linked money laundering case against him and some others.

"The ED has provisionally attached proceeds of crime (POC) to the extent of Rs.3.82 crore in the form of an immovable property - a residential house (House No 6, Sector 5, Chandigarh) of Sukhpal Singh Khaira under the PMLA-2002. The order was issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on March 8," the probe agency said in a statement.

The ED alleged that Khaira "acquired and utilised" the proceeds of the crime to the tune of Rs.3.82 crore "generated" fro...