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The ED has attached assets worth about Rs 66 lakh of alleged cyber criminals based in Jharkhand s Jamtara district, the central probe agency said on Thursday.
The agency had earlier conducted searches on the premises of the gang members.
The Enforcement Directorate has attached three immovable properties and other assets of some members of a Jamtara-based gang that cheated people by siphoning off funds from their bank accounts.
A large number of gangs indulging in such cyber frauds earlier operated from Jharkhand s Jamtara. Accused Pradeep Kumar Mandal, Pintu Mandal, Ankush Kumar Mandal, Santosh Mandal and Ganesh Mandal were part of the gang being probed by the ED.
The assets, including four vehicles, are located in Jamtara. The cash kept in the bank accounts of the accused persons has also been attached.
The Association for Democratic Reforms report analysed the election affidavits of 443 MLAs and MPs who switched parties and recontested polls in the past five years. Out of the 405 MLAs across the States who quit and switched parties, 42% were from the Congress, the report found, while the BJP came in a distant second with 4.4%. On the other hand, the BJP was the party of choice for 44.9% of the recontesting MLAs, followed by the Congress with 9.4%.