PANAJI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched seven premises across Goa and NCR yesterday, linked to the 32nd Avenue Group in a Rs 500 crore fraud case involving multiple investor complaints.
FIRs were registered alleging large-scale cheating. Officials said the group’s promoter-directors are either absconding or in judicial custody. The ED is tracing the money trail and identifying assets for attachment.
In a key development, the agency also searched the Pune residence of CA Prakash Phopale, linked to controversial self-styled godman Ashok Kharat, who was arrested by Nashik police in March after a married woman accused him of repeatedly raping her over three years.
Separately, the ED’s Kolkata unit had earlier raided eight locations linked to alleged criminal Sona Pappu alias Biswajit Podder and associates, probing proceeds of crime tied to serious offences including murder, extortion, and organised syndicate activity.
