ED attaches assets worth Rs 67 crore, quizzes Hooda in 'land scam'

NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday attached assets worth Rs 67 crore in Gurgaon land scam where the Haryana government had notified acquisition of 912 acres in 2005 for setting up a model industrial township but eventually it was sold at throwaway prices to private builders causing "wrongful loss of Rs 1,500 crore" to land owners. The ED had earlier attached assets worth Rs 42 crore, taking the total attachments so far in this case to Rs 109 crore.
Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who is one of the accused in the scam, appeared for another round of questioning on cases of money laundering registered against him a day after he underwent a marathon quizzing session by ED officials.
Accompanied by his lawyer, Hooda reached the agency's regional directorate office at 3 pm and was grilled till 8 pm. On Friday, the agency attached 14.56 acres worth Rs 44 crore of Mahamaya Exports Pvt Ltd of Atul Bansal and about four acres of land and bank balance of Rs 23 crore of other accused in the case being investigated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The land acquisition order was issued by the state government in 2005 when Hooda was the CM. The notification was issued for acquisition of 912 acres for setting up a model industrial township in Manesar and other villages in Gurgaon. "A large number of land owners, in haste, had to sell about 400 acres of their land at throwaway price to private builders and thereby caused a wrongful loss of Rs 1,500 crore to the land owners of village Manesar, Naurangpur and Lakhnoula in Gurgaon," ED said in its attachment order. The special CBI judge adjourned the hearing to August 6.
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1. ^{^} Enforcement Directorate (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
2. ^{^} Gurgaon land scam (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
3. ^{^} Bhupinder Singh Hooda (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
4. ^{^} money laundering (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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