Imphal, Aug. 13 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached two immovable properties worth around Rs 1.99 crore in Manipur's Kangpokpi and Imphal East districts in connection with a money laundering investigation involving former Customs and Central Excise inspector Seikholen Kipgen and his wife, Vahneithiem Lucy Kipgen.

According to an ED statement, the properties include land and residential buildings and have been attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

The action follows a disproportionate assets case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Anti-Corruption Branch in Imphal under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The CBI alleged that Kipgen possessed assets disproportion...