Lucknow: The directorate of enforcement, Lucknow zonal office, on Friday provisionally attached 75 immovable and two movable properties worth Rs 158.85 crore, with a current market value of over Rs 350 crore, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, in connection with a money laundering case related to Rohtas Project Limited and others.The immovable properties worth Rs 141.21 Crore are registered in the name of Deepak Rastogi, promoter of the Rohtas group of companies; associate companies of the Rohtas group; Vardan Township Pvt Ltd; a number of benamidars of the Rohtas group and M/s Adhyaye Realty Infrastructure LLP. The movable properties worth Rs 17.64 Crore are in the name of M/s Highness Infra Developers Pvt Ltd. All the immovable properties are located in Lucknow.
M/s Rohtas Project Limited had floated township schemes wherein customers could book different-sized plots or flats and after 30 months from the date of booking, they could either take possession of the booked plots or flats or a lump sum of 150% of the booking amount. However, the projects were neither developed nor was the money returned to customers.ED sources said the promoters of the Rohtas group diverted the money collected from buyers to acquire lands in the name of their associate companies and benamidars. Benami lands belonging to the Rohtas Group were transferred to Adhyaye Realty Infrastructure LLP. Further, some land parcels were acquired by Deepak Rastogi from these benamidars and were mortgaged with banks.
