The probe, being conducted under various sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), is against the Kallal Group and the UK-based Lyca group and its Indian companies Lyca Productions and Lyca Hotels, the ED said.
Enforcement Directorate has seized Rs 34.7 lakh belonging to the Udayanidhi Stalin Foundation in Tamil Nadu as part of a money laundering investigation.
The ED said that it has provisionally attached various immovable properties across Tamil Nadu, valued at Rs. 36.3 crore and further attached Rs. 34.7 lakh available in the bank account of Udayanidhi Stalin Foundation in connection with its probe into a money laundering case.
Udhayanidhi Stalin Foundation’s trustees couldn’t explain the rationale behind receiving an amount of Rs 1 crore from the parties involved in the case, the ED said.