India, Jan. 21 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has provisionally attached immovable properties worth around Rs.57.7 crore in connection with its money laundering probe into irregularities in the appointment of assistant teachers for classes 9 to 12, the agency said in a statement.

With the fresh attachment orders, the total value of assets attached by ED in four cases in connection with the school recruitment cases rises to Rs.698 crore, a statement by ED said.

The statement said the properties attached by the ED belong to Trinamool Congress MLA Jiban Krishna Saha, the main middleman, Prasanna Kumar Roy, and his associates.

ED said Saha, who was allegedly involved in the collection and handling of proceeds of c...