As part of a money laundering probe into the activities of former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati and his family, the Enforcement Directorate said on Wednesday that it has temporarily seized bank deposits totaling Rs 60 lakh.

In accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), Prajapati’s son Anil Kumar Prajapati’s credit balance has been ordered to be attached. The sum of Rs 60 lakh is held in Balaji Corporation Pvt. Ltd.’s bank account. The federal inquiry agency claimed in a statement that the builder, Balaji Corporation, had kept the booking payment for an apartment in the Wadala, Mumbai, real estate complex called “Vertu.” The former minister and his family did not immediately respond.

According to the ED, former minister Prajapati “abused” his official position as the mining minister of Uttar Pradesh and obtained assets “disproportionate” to his income in the names of his family members, close friends, and associates that were “not commensurate” with their known income sources.

The agency said that Gayatri Prajapati and his family members “laundered” the illegal money made when he served as a minister in the Uttar Pradesh government via a number of “fictitious” and “sham” transactions and other companies. According to the accusation, he also deposited the unlawful money he made for his illicit earnings into his family members’ bank accounts.

In this instance, the ED has already seized assets valued at over Rs 50 crore. An FIR from the Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Department provides the basis for the money laundering investigation against Prajapati and his family.