The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached a Rs 486 crore property on Amrita Shergill Marg, Delhi, linked to Aarti Singhal, in a money laundering case. This follows a financial scandal involving former Bhushan Steel promoter Sanjay Singhal, who was arrested for a Rs 47,000 crore bank fraud. The ED is pursuing recovery of dissipated assets and plans to restitute them to banks.
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