ED attaches properties of Bachcha Rai

New Delhi, Mar 31: In a crucial Development, The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached movable and immovable properties worth about Rs 4.53 crore of the main accused Bachcha Rai alias Amit Kumar in the Bihar topper scam that had rocked the state in 2016, here on saturday.

This is the first attachment in the topper scam by the agency.Several of the attached properties were in the name of his wife Sangeeta Rai and his minor daughter

ED has initiated an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on the basis of chargesheet filed by Bihar Police, wherein Baccha along with Lalkeshewar Singh, the then Chairman of Bihar Secondary Education Board (BSEB) and a few others, were charged for manipulating and managing the results of students of Vishun Roy College which was being run by him and his family members.