<p>The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it has attached a "benami" asset worth Rs 55 crore of DMK MP A Raja -- 45 acres of land in Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu -- under the anti-money laundering law.</p>.<p>The federal agency said in a statement the land was purchased by a company allegedly linked to Raja, in lieu of granting environmental clearance to a Gurugram-based real estate company by the leader during his stint as the Union minister for environment and forests between 2004-07.</p>.<p>The land is held in the name of a "benami" company of Raja, the Enforcement Directorate said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/bjp-leader-threatens-dmk-mp-a-raja-over-caste-remarks-held-1146938.html" target="_blank">BJP leader ‘threatens’ DMK MP A Raja over caste remarks, held</a></strong></p>.<p>Benami means 'no name' or 'without name' and such properties are those in which the real beneficiary is not the one in whose name the property has been purchased.</p>.<p>The 59-year-old Raja is currently a DMK MP from the Nilgiris Lok Sabha seat.</p>.<p>The politician has been earlier in the cross hairs of the ED when his role was investigated and a charge sheet was filed against him by the agency in connection with its money laundering probe in the 2G spectrum allocation case.</p>
<p>The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it has attached a "benami" asset worth Rs 55 crore of DMK MP A Raja -- 45 acres of land in Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu -- under the anti-money laundering law.</p>.<p>The federal agency said in a statement the land was purchased by a company allegedly linked to Raja, in lieu of granting environmental clearance to a Gurugram-based real estate company by the leader during his stint as the Union minister for environment and forests between 2004-07.</p>.<p>The land is held in the name of a "benami" company of Raja, the Enforcement Directorate said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/bjp-leader-threatens-dmk-mp-a-raja-over-caste-remarks-held-1146938.html" target="_blank">BJP leader ‘threatens’ DMK MP A Raja over caste remarks, held</a></strong></p>.<p>Benami means 'no name' or 'without name' and such properties are those in which the real beneficiary is not the one in whose name the property has been purchased.</p>.<p>The 59-year-old Raja is currently a DMK MP from the Nilgiris Lok Sabha seat.</p>.<p>The politician has been earlier in the cross hairs of the ED when his role was investigated and a charge sheet was filed against him by the agency in connection with its money laundering probe in the 2G spectrum allocation case.</p>