ED in a tweet said it seized assets worth of Rs 18,170.02 crore, 80.45 per cent of total loss to banks in case of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi under the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act.
The financial crime investigation agency said it has already transferred Rs 9,371.17 crore to public sector banks and the central government.
Shares of Punjab National Bank traded 3.51 per cent higher on BSE at Rs 42.75.
Mallya and fugitive diamantaires Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, who were involved in the PNB scam, “defrauded public sector banks by siphoning off the funds through their companies which resulted in a total loss of Rs 22,585.83 crore to the banks”, it said.
As on date, the agency has attached total assets worth Rs 18,170.02 crore in these two bank fraud cases, it said. The Punjab National Bank fraud at its Brady House branch in Mumbai is alleged to be worth nearly Rs 13,000 crore.