New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Two plots of land and a building worth Rs 4.42 crore of a Himachal Pradesh-based educational and social welfare society have been attached under the anti-money laundering law in connection with an alleged post-matric scholarship scam in the state, the ED said on Friday.

A provisional order for attaching the assets of the KC Educational and Social Welfare Society of Una district has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), it said.

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In a statement, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said a probe found that "Rs 4.42 crore has been fraudulently received in the guise of scholarships to students of SC/ST/OBC category of Himachal Pradesh by KC Group of Institutions, Pandoga and others from the directorate of higher education, Shimla."

"The society purchased land and constructed a building block by utilisation of proceeds of crime generated by way of receiving scholarships fraudulently," it said.

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Two plots of land and a building block located in Pandoga in Una, Himachal Pradesh, have hence been attached, the ED said.

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