New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Indore Sub-Zonal Office today stated that it had attached immovable properties worth Rs 39.91 lakh in the corruption case of Chetan Patil, a former employee of the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC).

The attachment was made on February 2 (yesterday). The properties, comprising a plot and a residential building, are held in the names of Chetan Patil and his wife, Jyoti Patil.

The ED initiated its investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in Indore. The FIR was filed under Sections 7, 13(1)(b), and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act-offences scheduled under the PMLA. ...