By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in a cash laundering case after he was produced earlier than an area courtroom in Uttar Pradesh, officers stated.
Ansari, a five-time former MLA, was lodged in a jail at Banda in Uttar Pradesh.
The 59-year-old was questioned by the ED on this case final 12 months.
He was taken into custody by the ED below the felony sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after he was produced earlier than a courtroom in Prayagraj on the premise of a manufacturing warrant moved by the company, based on official sources.
His MLA son Abbas Ansari was additionally arrested by the federal probe company in November after questioning at its sub-zonal workplace in Prayagraj. This was adopted by the arrest of Mukhtar Ansari’s brother-in-law Atif Raza.
The cash laundering case towards Mukhtar Ansari stems from a number of FIRs lodged by the Uttar Pradesh Police aside from two extra FIRs lodged towards an organization referred to as Vikas Constructions (a partnership agency) that was run by his spouse, two brother-in-laws (together with Atif Raza) and others.
Mukhtar Ansari is below the ED scanner in reference to not less than 49 felony circumstances booked towards him together with these on prices of land grabbing, homicide and extortion. He faces trial in Uttar Pradesh in a number of circumstances, together with try and homicide and homicide.
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in a cash laundering case after he was produced earlier than an area courtroom in Uttar Pradesh, officers stated.
Ansari, a five-time former MLA, was lodged in a jail at Banda in Uttar Pradesh.
The 59-year-old was questioned by the ED on this case final 12 months.
He was taken into custody by the ED below the felony sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after he was produced earlier than a courtroom in Prayagraj on the premise of a manufacturing warrant moved by the company, based on official sources.
His MLA son Abbas Ansari was additionally arrested by the federal probe company in November after questioning at its sub-zonal workplace in Prayagraj. This was adopted by the arrest of Mukhtar Ansari’s brother-in-law Atif Raza.
The cash laundering case towards Mukhtar Ansari stems from a number of FIRs lodged by the Uttar Pradesh Police aside from two extra FIRs lodged towards an organization referred to as Vikas Constructions (a partnership agency) that was run by his spouse, two brother-in-laws (together with Atif Raza) and others.
Mukhtar Ansari is below the ED scanner in reference to not less than 49 felony circumstances booked towards him together with these on prices of land grabbing, homicide and extortion. He faces trial in Uttar Pradesh in a number of circumstances, together with try and homicide and homicide.
