New Delhi, March 27 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Agartala Sub-Zonal Office, today said that it has provisionally attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 2.21 crore belonging to Bishu Kumar Tripura, Kamini Debbarma and Bikash Debbarma.

These assets were allegedly acquired through large-scale ganja (cannabis) trafficking from the state of Tripura and subsequently laundered through various bank accounts and other means.

The ED initiated the investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) based on multiple First Information Reports registered by Tripura Police against Bishu Kumar Tripura and others. These include an FIR by Melaghar Police Station involving the seizure of 243 kg of dry ganja, and another FI...