India, April 24 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 1,023 acres of land across 16 cities in India, including Sindhudurg and Solapur in Maharashtra, as part of its money laundering probe against the Sahara group. The land was purchased under benami names with funds diverted from Sahara group entities, ED officials told Hindustan Times.

The attached land is part of Sahara Prime City Limited and is worth around Rs.1,538 crore, as per the 2016 circle rate. It includes 30.4 acres in Sindhudurg's Dodamarg taluka, and 125.5 acres in Solapur near a national highway that connects with Mumbai, the ED said on Wednesday.

The agency began its investigation against the Sahara group based on three cheating cases registered a...