ED attaches assets of Kolkata computer firm in money laundering case

Kolkata March 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached assets worth Rs 55.65 crore of the city-based computer manufacturing firm RP Info Systems in connection with alleged defrauding a consortium of ten banks to the tune of Rs 515.15 crore an official said on Monday.

"Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) the assets worth Rs 55.65 crore of RP Info Systems have been attached. The company and its directors have already been booked by CBI. We have also booked a case under PMLA on the basis of CBI FIR " an ED official said.

According to the agency attached assets include lands and residential flats located in cities in West Bengal as well as Ahmedabad Kochi Mumbai and Bengaluru along with 60 odds vehicles and bank deposits of Rs two lakh.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently booked the computer company and its directors for an allegedly defrauding a consortium of ten banks after the state-run Canara Bank had lodged a complaint.

The agency had booked the company which involved in manufacturing and trading of computers in the name "Chirag" brand in June 2015 following IDBI Bank s compliant.

--IANS
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