The Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovered over Rs 40 lakh in cash and jewellery worth Rs 1.61 crore from four properties of BJP leader Nitisen Bhatia in connection with a money laundering case. His sons Neeraj and Naveen Bhatia were accused of illegal marketing of cough syrup.
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