New Delhi, Sept. 3: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today issued its second attachment order for assets worth Rs 6,630 crore against beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya as it seized his farmhouse, flats and fixed deposits in connection with a money laundering case against him and his associates.
The agency had recently expanded its probe as it took over the investigation of the alleged default of a Rs 6,027-crore loan taken from a consortium of PSU banks, led by the SBI. A fresh case was filed by the CBI last month. The latest action against Mallya is in the aftermath of the new case.
The total attachment made by the agency in this case has now shot up to Rs 8,041 crore; it had attached assets worth Rs 1,411 crore a few months back.
Under the provisional attachment order, issued under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, a farm house at Mandwa in Alibaugh (Maharashtra) worth Rs 25 crore will be seized as also multiple flats in the Kingfisher tower in Bangalore worth Rs 565 crore.
Mallya's fixed deposits with a private bank worth Rs 10 crore and shares of United Spirits, United Breweries and McDowell Holdings - jointly held by the liquor baron, United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd and his controlled entities - worth Rs 3,635 crore have also been seized.
"The total attachment under today's order is worth Rs 4,234.84 crore but the present market value of these properties and assets is around Rs 6,630 crore," the order said.





