The directorate of enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached 45 immovable properties in Delhi with a current market value of ₹999.63 crore as part of its ongoing money laundering investigation into the alleged ₹48,000 crore PACL investment scam.
The attachment was carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
According to ED, the properties belong to Worldwide Real Estate Pvt Ltd, Worldwide Housing Project Pvt Ltd and Worldwide Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. These properties are located in Rani Khera, Ghewra and Hira Kudna in Delhi.
The agency alleged that these properties were acquired using funds diverted from PACL Ltd, which had collected money from investors through an illegal collective investment scheme. ED said the assets constitute proceeds of crime as they were financed using funds originally mobilised from investors.
With the latest attachment, the total value of movable and immovable properties attached by ED in the PACL case has reached about ₹29,625.63 crore. The attached assets include properties located in India as well as overseas.
The money laundering investigation stems from a first information report (FIR) registered by central bureau of investigation (CBI) under Sections 120-B and 420 of the Indian Penal Code. CBI later filed a charge sheet and a supplementary charge sheet against 33 accused persons for allegedly operating the illegal investment scheme.
According to the charge-sheets, PACL and related entities fraudulently mobilised more than ₹48,000 crore from lakhs of investors across the country by promising the sale and development of agricultural land.
The accused entities allegedly persuaded investors to subscribe to cash-down payment and instalment payment plans and to sign documents such as agreements and powers of attorney. However, in most cases, the promised land was never delivered, leaving around ₹48,000 crore unpaid to investors.
ED registered its enforcement case information report (ECIR) in 2016. It subsequently filed a prosecution complaint in 2018, followed by six supplementary prosecution complaints in 2022, 2025 and 2026 against various individuals and entities accused of laundering the proceeds of the alleged fraud.
During the investigation, the agency found that the 45 newly attached properties, held in the names of the three Worldwide Group companies, had allegedly been purchased using investor funds diverted from PACL.
Further investigation into the money laundering case is underway, the agency said.
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