LUCKNOW, June 10 -- The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has attached immovable assets worth nearly Rs.100 crore as part of its money laundering investigation into the alleged diversion of homebuyers' funds from housing projects of a private coloniser in Uttar Pradesh, including a long-delayed township in Noida (Gautam Buddh Nagar), officials said in a statement posted on X. The attached properties have a current market value of approximately Rs.40 crore and Rs.60 crore, respectively. The action has been taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The case stems from complaints filed by thousands of homebuyers of residential projects in Noida and Greater Noida, who alleged that money collected for the construction of flats and housing units was diverted elsewhere, resulting in severe delays and incomplete projects. The ED initiated its probe on the basis of multiple FIRs registered by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Uttar Pradesh Police and the Delhi Police against the coloniser, their promoters and associated entities on charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal breach of trust. According to the agency, its investigation found that they collected about Rs.32,825 crore from homebuyers, as reflected in claims admitted before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). A substantial portion of these funds was allegedly diverted for purposes unrelated to construction and routed through various associated entities....