Indian authorities seized ₹23.35 crore in assets linked to a land fraud for a highway project, alleging collusion among officials, brokers, and private individuals to inflate compensation.

The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth ₹23.35 crore under the PMLA in connection with a land acquisition fraud for the Raipur-Visakhapatnam National Highway project under Bharatmala Pariyojana. The probe, based on an FIR by Chhattisgarh’s Economic Offences Wing, alleges a conspiracy involving land brokers, private individuals, and public servants to inflate compensation by falsifying and backdating land records. Accused individuals, including Harmeet Singh Khanuja, are alleged to have manipulated documents, obtained pre-signed banking papers, and routed inflated funds through landowners’ accounts to siphon ₹27.05 crore, with ₹23.35 crore traced and attached. A charge sheet has been filed in a Raipur special court.