Bhubaneswar, Aug. 5 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday attached moveable and immovable assets worth Rs 2.16 crore in connection with a case registered against chit fund company Nava Diganta Capital Services Limited.

The attached assets include Rs 16 lakh in 48 bank accounts and two plots worth Rs 2 crore at Narendrapur in Puri district and Kaipadar in Khordha district.

Former BJD MP Ramachandra Hansdah, former MLAs of Keonjhar Sadar and Khariar - Subarna Naik and Hitesh Kumar Bagartti respectively had earlier reportedly served as the directors of the dubious ponzi firm and its other group companies.

The ED had initiated an investigation into the matter under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on the basis of the...