ED attaches 15 properties worth Rs 1.15 crore in DA case against ex-GLDC official

Ahmedabad: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Surat Sub-Zonal Office, has provisionally attached 15 immovable properties worth around Rs 1.15 crore in Gujarat and Maharashtra in a money laundering case involving Valiya Shibabhai Zunzabhai alias Bhupatbhai and others.

The properties, located in Mahuva and Talaja in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district, Odhav and Sabarmati in Ahmedabad, and Hadapsar in Pune, Maharashtra, were attached on September 21, 2026, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

According to the ED, the investigation was initiated based on an FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Police Station in Bhavnagar and a subsequent chargesheet filed before the Special (ACB) Court, Bhavnagar, against Zunzabhai, who was then serving as a Field Assistant with the Gujarat Land Development Corporation Ltd. (GLDC), Bharuch.

The case relates to allegations that Zunzabhai, while serving as a public servant, acquired assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The ED said its investigation found that the value of such assets was estimated at Rs 1,15,18,350.

The 15 immovable properties, with an aggregate value of approximately Rs 1,14,98,600, have consequently been provisionally attached under Section 5(1) of the PMLA, 2002.

The ED said further investigation into the case is underway. DeshGujarat