The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached movable and immovable properties valued at Rs 7.30 crore in Delhi and Lucknow, belonging to Anee Group of Companies. This action is part of the investigation into fraudulent investment schemes amounting to Rs 110 crore. The properties were provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 by the Lucknow Zonal Office of the ED.
The total worth of properties provisionally attached in this case has now reached Rs 16.4 crore, as confirmed by the ED. Among the attached assets are lands and buildings of Anee Bullion Industries, a company under the Anee group, located in Lucknow, Delhi, and Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand. Additionally, a Fixed Deposit is also part of the attached movable property, according to the ED statement.
Following complaints and FIRs filed by the Uttar Pradesh Police against Ajit Kumar Gupta and others for cheating and fraud amounting to Rs 110 crore, the ED initiated its investigation. The victims were allegedly deceived into investing in fraudulent schemes with the intention to defraud them. The probe uncovered that investors’ funds were circulated through various companies within the ‘Anee Group’ and Eye Vision Credit Co-operative Society, controlled by Ajit Kumar Gupta.
The investigation further revealed that properties were purchased in the name of Anee Bullion Industries by utilizing the companies and the society. Previously, the ED had provisionally attached properties worth Rs. 9.1 crore acquired by Ajit Kumar Gupta, his wife Neeharika Singh, IFS, and the Anee Group of Companies in 2023.
