ED attaches Rs 1.9-cr assets in drugs case

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 1.93 crore belonging to family members of Ranjit Singh, alias Rana, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

The ED initiated investigation on the basis of two FIRs registered by the Punjab Police and the NIA under various provisions of the IPC, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Arms Act, Indian Passport Act, Foreigner Act and NDPS Act.

The probe revealed Rana imported narcotics from Pakistan and Afghanistan in the guise of rock salt in connivance with Gurpinder Singh (now deceased), Tariq Ahmad Lone, Ajay Gupta, Iqbal Singh and others. He was investing the proceeds of crime in buying immovable properties in the name of his kin.