Granite scam: ED attaches 45 properties

Mohamed Ibrahim Sait was charged with illegally trespassing into government unapproved rocky land, illegally using explosives endangering human lives, illegally using heavy vehicles, digging and taking granite stones from deep ditch from areas not licensed to him and thereby causing loss of revenue to the government. He had purchased many properties from part of such proceeds of crime in his and his family members’ name. Therefore, the properties identified during investigation were provisionally attached by ED.