New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Patna Zonal Office, on Friday said it has provisionally attached immovable property worth Rs 17,35,880 in connection with a case involving Sadre Alam, then Chief General Manager and Regional Officer of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Patna.

The provisional attachment order has been issued in connection with the alleged acquisition of disproportionate assets and laundering of proceeds of crime by Alam. The attached asset is agricultural land registered in his name.

The ED initiated its investigation based on an FIR registered by the CBI, ACB, Patna, under Sections 7 and 8 and Section 13(1)(b) read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, against A...