Kolkata, March 6 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs.12.78 crore of arrested Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), official sources said on Wednesday.
The attachment happened in relation to the ongoing investigation against Shahjahan Seikh and others on various charges including murder, extortion and land grabbing, the ED said.
" The ED initiated investigation on the basis of multiple FIRs registered by West Bengal Police under various sections of IPC, 1860 Arms Act, 1959 SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984 and West Bengal State Highways Act against Shahajahan Seikh and others w...