New Delhi, March 26 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Guwahati Zonal Office, has attached immovable properties worth Rs55.33 lakh belonging to Mobzzil Hussain Barbhuiya, proprietor of Shifa Hospital & Research Centre, Hailakandi, Assam, in a case related to large-scale fraud under the AB-PMJAY (Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana) scheme.

The ED initiated a PMLA investigation based on an FIR registered by Hailakandi Police Station, Assam.

The ED investigation revealed that Shifa Hospital & Research Centre, Hailakandi, which was empanelled under the AB-PMJAY scheme, fraudulently raised 778 fake reimbursement claims amounting to Rs64,10,780 during the period from April 22, 2019, to November 5, 2022, without providing any a...