India, April 22 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken over six properties worth Rs.9.29 crore linked to the Dnyanradha Multistate Co-operative Credit Society scam, officials said on Tuesday. The action, carried out over the weekend in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune, is aimed at securing assets identified as proceeds of crime under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The assets include residential flats, commercial office spaces and plots held in the names of accused businessman Suresh Kute, his wife and co-accused Archana Kute, and their associate entities.

The assets were earlier attached provisionally by the ED on September 24, 2024, under provisions of the PMLA and was subsequently confirmed by the PMLA's Adjudicatin...