The agency froze ten residential premises and a commercialshop of the foreign national in Tamil Nadu under the Provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The central probe agency had registered a PMLA case against the person on the basis of a police FIR for violation of the provisions of the Indian Passport Act.
The agency's probe, an ED statement said, found the Sri Lankan allegedly "concealed" his original identity and procured an Indian passport and later fraudulently purchased immovable assets in India.
An attachment order under anti-money laundering laws is
aimed at depriving the accussed from obtaining benefits of his or her tainted assets.
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