ED attaches 7 properties of UP gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in PMLA case

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday stated it has hooked up seven immovable property of Uttar Pradesh gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari as a part of a cash laundering investigation in opposition to him and his household.

The properties, provisionally hooked up beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), are price Rs 1.48 crore (registry worth) whereas their circle fee on the time of registration was Rs 3.42 crore, the federal company stated in an announcement.

Ansari, a five-time former MLA, is at present lodged in a jail in Banda, Uttar Pradesh. The 59-year-old was questioned by the ED on this case final 12 months.

The company had in August additionally raided the official residence of his elder brother and BSP MP Afzal Ansari in Delhi and a few places in Ghazipur, Mohammadabad (in Ghazipur district), Mau and state capital Lucknow.

The cash laundering case in opposition to Mukhtar Ansari stems from a number of FIRs lodged by the Uttar Pradesh Police other than two extra FIRs lodged in opposition to an organization known as Vikas Constructions (a partnership agency) that was run by his spouse, two brothers-in-law and different individuals.

The ED has alleged that the corporate was used for developing godowns on public and authorities land after “encroaching” on them.

“The godowns were constructed in Mau and Ghazipur districts of Uttar Pradesh. Vikas Construction was being run by Afshan Ansari (wife of Mukhtar Ansari) and her two brothers Atif Raza and Anwar Shahzad, a person identified as Ravindra Narayan Singh, and Zakir Hussain,” the ED stated.

“Uttar Pradesh Police has filed a charge sheet in one of the FIRs registered at Mau in which all the partners of the firm (Vikas Construction) have been named as accused,” it stated.

The probe discovered, as per the company, that hire of Rs 15 crore was collected by Vikas Construction from the Food Corporation of India by renting out godowns “illegally” constructed by encroaching public/authorities land at Mau and Ghazipur districts.

“This rent was further used to purchase immovable properties in the name of Vikas Construction and Afshan Ansari. Further investigation to trace the remaining process of crime is under progress,” the ED stated.

Mukhtar Ansari is beneath the ED scanner in reference to not less than 49 felony circumstances booked in opposition to him, together with these on costs of land grabbing, homicide and extortion. He faces trials in Uttar Pradesh in a number of circumstances, together with try to homicide and homicide.

The Ghazipur district administration had seized two plots of land, measuring 1.901 hectares and valued at over Rs 6 crore, that have been bought utilizing alleged unlawful earnings of Mukhtar Ansari, in response to the police.

In July, the Uttar Pradesh Police hooked up Afzal Ansari’s property price Rs 14.90 crore beneath the Gangster Act.

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday stated it has hooked up seven immovable property of Uttar Pradesh gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari as a part of a cash laundering investigation in opposition to him and his household.

The properties, provisionally hooked up beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), are price Rs 1.48 crore (registry worth) whereas their circle fee on the time of registration was Rs 3.42 crore, the federal company stated in an announcement.

Ansari, a five-time former MLA, is at present lodged in a jail in Banda, Uttar Pradesh. The 59-year-old was questioned by the ED on this case final 12 months.

The company had in August additionally raided the official residence of his elder brother and BSP MP Afzal Ansari in Delhi and a few places in Ghazipur, Mohammadabad (in Ghazipur district), Mau and state capital Lucknow.

The cash laundering case in opposition to Mukhtar Ansari stems from a number of FIRs lodged by the Uttar Pradesh Police other than two extra FIRs lodged in opposition to an organization known as Vikas Constructions (a partnership agency) that was run by his spouse, two brothers-in-law and different individuals.

The ED has alleged that the corporate was used for developing godowns on public and authorities land after “encroaching” on them.

“The godowns were constructed in Mau and Ghazipur districts of Uttar Pradesh. Vikas Construction was being run by Afshan Ansari (wife of Mukhtar Ansari) and her two brothers Atif Raza and Anwar Shahzad, a person identified as Ravindra Narayan Singh, and Zakir Hussain,” the ED stated.

“Uttar Pradesh Police has filed a charge sheet in one of the FIRs registered at Mau in which all the partners of the firm (Vikas Construction) have been named as accused,” it stated.

The probe discovered, as per the company, that hire of Rs 15 crore was collected by Vikas Construction from the Food Corporation of India by renting out godowns “illegally” constructed by encroaching public/authorities land at Mau and Ghazipur districts.

“This rent was further used to purchase immovable properties in the name of Vikas Construction and Afshan Ansari. Further investigation to trace the remaining process of crime is under progress,” the ED stated.

Mukhtar Ansari is beneath the ED scanner in reference to not less than 49 felony circumstances booked in opposition to him, together with these on costs of land grabbing, homicide and extortion. He faces trials in Uttar Pradesh in a number of circumstances, together with try to homicide and homicide.

The Ghazipur district administration had seized two plots of land, measuring 1.901 hectares and valued at over Rs 6 crore, that have been bought utilizing alleged unlawful earnings of Mukhtar Ansari, in response to the police.

In July, the Uttar Pradesh Police hooked up Afzal Ansari’s property price Rs 14.90 crore beneath the Gangster Act.