Ranchi, Sep 30 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate’s Ranchi unit has attached 10 immovable properties worth Rs 15.41 crore in Kolkata and Howrah in West Bengal in connection with a GST input tax credit fraud case, officials said.

In a statement, the ED on Tuesday evening said that the properties attached by its officials in West Bengal “belong to Amit Gupta, one of the principal masterminds of the syndicate and his aides”.

“The attachments were made under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The total attachment in this case so far stands at nearly Rs 20.70 crore,” it said.

The ED officials started investigation into the matter following a complaint filed by the Jamshedpur unit of the Director General of GST Intelligence in Jharkhand.

Upon investigation, the officials fou

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