Initiating a fresh round of action, the Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth Rs 637 crore of absconding jeweler Nirav Modi and his family in India and four other countries in connection with the USD 2 billion alleged fraud in the PNB.

The agency said the properties, jewellery, flats and bank balances are in India, UK and New York among others.

There are only very few cases where Indian agencies have attached assets abroad in a criminal probe.

The assets have been attached as part of five separate orders issued by the central probe agency under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

The agency also got issued an Interpol Red Corner notice against Aditya Nanavati, an accused in the same case, on charges of money laundering.