The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets worth ₹6 crore belonging to Congress leader P Chidambaram’s wife Nalini Chidambaram, and former CPM MLA Debendranath Biswas in the Saradha money laundering case. This is in addition to the assets worth about ₹600 crore attached by the ED in this case so far. “These properties were owned by Saradha Group and other individuals, who were beneficiaries of proceeds of crime generated by Saradha Group of Companies. Saradha Group’s chit fund scam went on until 2013, the ED stated. The ED registered a case against the Saradha Group of Companies in 2013 on the basis of FIRs filed by the Kolkata police and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Source: The Hindu February 03, 2023 16:55 UTC