Dhayanidhi Alagiri approaches Madras High Court against attachment of properties by ED
Dhayanidhi Alagiri has filed an appeal in the Madras High Court against the provisional attachment of his properties by the ED. The attachment is linked to a money laundering case involving his former company, Olympus Granites. Alagiri argues that he is not connected to the alleged illegal activities and has independent sources of income.
- ▪Dhayanidhi Alagiri is challenging the ED's provisional attachment of 10 properties worth ₹40 crores.
- ▪The attachment is related to a money laundering case that dates back to 2013.
- ▪Alagiri's father filed an affidavit stating that Dhayanidhi suffers from intellectual incapacity and is partially paralyzed.
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Former Union Minister M.K. Alagiri’s son Dhayanidhi Alagiri has approached the Madras High Court challenging the provisional attachment of 10 of his properties by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in connection with a money laundering case registered in 2013. ED attaches ₹40 cr. assets of Dhayanidhi Alagiri’s firm Second Division Bench of Justices R. Suresh Kumar and N. Senthilkumar on Tuesday (April 28, 2026) permitted ED Special Public Prosecutor P. Sidharthan to take notice on behalf of the Central agency and file its reply to the civil miscellaneous appeal within four weeks.Filing an affidavit on behalf of the appellant, his father said: “I am filing this affidavit as the natural guardian of the petitioner since the appellant suffers from intellectual incapacity, remains partially…
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