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ED Attaches Rs 585 Crore of ADEL Land as Housing-Fraud Crackdown Intensifies

The money-laundering agency is securing assets across cases alleging diversion of homebuyers’ funds.

Overview

  • An order issued Friday provisionally attached 340 acres in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh worth Rs 585.46 crore in a probe against ADEL Landmarks and promoters Hem Singh Bharana and Sumit Bharana, based on 74 FIRs alleging undelivered projects over 12–19 years and Rs 1,075 crore collected from 4,771 customers.
  • In the Jaypee investigation, the ED provisionally attached about Rs 400 crore of immovable assets belonging to Jaiprakash Sewa Sansthan and Page 3 Buildtech under PMLA after alleging diversion of funds from more than 25,000 buyers.
  • The agency says Manoj Gaur played a central role in the Jaypee fund diversion; he was arrested on November 13, 2025 and remains in judicial custody, with alleged siphoning to related entities including JSS, Jaypee Healthcare and Jaypee Sports, and diversions to a firm linked to Honeyy Katiyal.
  • The ED on Friday filed a prosecution complaint against Ocean Seven Buildtech promoter Swaraj Singh Yadav over alleged laundering of Rs 69.02 crore from Gurugram PMAY buyers after attaching properties worth over Rs 50 crore this week; Yadav was arrested on November 13 and is in judicial custody with a Look Out Circular citing flight risk.
  • Courts ordered restitution of attached properties worth Rs 3.50 crore in an illegal remittance case and Rs 1.44 crore to Bank of India in a loan-fraud matter following ED submissions supporting release to legitimate claimants.