Gangtok, March 8 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs. 65.46 crore belonged to State Bank Of Sikkim's former General Manager (Operation) Dorjee Tsering Lepcha in connection with the alleged misappropriation and laundering of funds from the SBS, official sources said.

The attached properties include 4 immovable properties comprising residential buildings and land parcels located at Deorali, Syari, Ranipool, first three near Gangtok and Penlong in East Sikkim.

" These properties were found to have been acquired using Proceeds of Crime (POC) derived from the fraudulent siphoning of funds from SBS," the ED said in a statement.

In addition to immovable properties, bank balances and fixed d...