New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Friday said it has attached land parcels and flats worth more than Rs 18 crore of a Himachal Pradesh-based educational institute and its promoters in a money laundering case linked to an alleged scholarship scam in the state.

The action has been taken against the Maa Saraswati Educational Trust which runs the Himalayan Group of Professional Institutions at Kala Amb in Sirmaur district, and its trustees.

The CBI has arrested seven people in this case, including an ED officer who was posted in Shimla and a deputy superintendent of police (DSP) of its department.

The ED has also arrested six people in this investigation till now.

The institute or its promoters could not be contacted im...