<h1>ED attaches properties worth Rs 2.58 crore under PMLA Section 5 in pharma bribery assets case</h1> The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached two immovable properties worth Rs 2.58 crore, including a residential building in Shimla and an apartment in Panchkula, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The action arises from multiple FIRs alleging that an Assistant Drug Controller in Himachal Pradesh and an associate engaged in bribery, forgery, corruption, extortion, intimidation, and manipulation of a pharmaceutical partnership deed. The official is also accused of amassing disproportionate assets and misusing his position to extract illegal payments from pharmaceutical entities and coerce them into loss-making dealings with firms allegedly controlled by the associate. The proceeds of crime were allegedly invested in personal assets and properties.