MUMBAI, Jan. 15 -- The Mumbai unit of Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached provisionally assets worth Rs.35.22 crore as part of its money-laundering probe into a Rs.137 crore embezzlement case against a private firm and others. The accused entities and persons were accused of embezzlement of funds worth Rs.137 crore belonging to a private investor on the pretext of financing a bogus business scheme, named 'Need To Feed' programme, purportedly linked to the government's mid-day meal scheme, ED officials said on Wednesday. The attached assets included movable assets in the form of bank balances, Demat holdings, mutual funds and immovable properties. ED's case is based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Worli police station in February 2022, against several persons and entities including M/s Suumaya Industries Ltd and its promoters. The FIR was based on a complaint filed by the firm from which the funds had been procured for the scheme. The accused persons and entities had allegedly hatched a conspiracy among each other and embezzled funds worth Rs.137 crore by inducing the firm to finance a fictitious business scheme, named 'Need to Feed', purportedly linked to the government's mid-day meal scheme, according to the FIR. The FIR was registered under sections relating to cheating, common intention and other offences under relevant sections of the IPC. The case was later taken over by the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai police. ED's investigation revealed that the Suumaya group and its associates allegedly concocted a bogus Haryana government contract, as part of a so-called 'Need to Feed' programme, to obtain funds and finances for trade....