New Delhi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, against Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (RIL), Sateesh Seth and others for allegedly diverting National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) funds to shell companies. “ED investigation revealed an organized scheme to divert public funds from four NHAI-awarded toll-road projects: Trichy-Karur (NH-67), Trichy-Dindigul (NH-45), Salem-Ulundurpet (NH-68) and Jaipur-Reengus (NH-11). Approximately Rs 187 crores were siphoned during September-October 2010 through sham, post-facto or back-dated arrangements for fictitious sub-contracting work,” it said. The ED has further alleged that the money trail moved from RIL or its project-specific Special Purpose Vehicles/EPC contractors to construction contractors and thereafter to shell entities having no connection with road construction. “Documents were subsequently created to portray the transfers as genuine project expenditure, while the funds were layered through shell entities and diamond traders,” the statement added.