The Enforcement Directorate has arrested Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party MLA from Mau and Abbas Ansari, son of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, in a cash laundering case. Officials gave this info on Saturday.
He mentioned Abbas Ansari, 30, was arrested after a prolonged interrogation on the federal company’s workplace in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj.
He mentioned that he has been arrested within the ongoing cash laundering case towards his father and household.
Last month, the ED connected seven immovable properties price Rs 1.48 crore (registry worth) of Mukhtar Ansari.
Five-time former MLA Mukhtar Ansari is presently lodged in Banda jail in Uttar Pradesh. The 59-year-old was questioned by the ED on this case final yr.
In August, the company had raided the official residence of his elder brother and BSP MP Afzal Ansari in Delhi and a few locations in Ghazipur, Mohammadabad (in Ghazipur district), Mau and Lucknow.
The cash laundering case towards Mukhtar Ansari has been registered towards an organization named Vikas Constructions (a partnership agency), which is run by his spouse, two brother-in-law and others, other than a number of FIRs registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police.
Mukhtar Ansari is beneath the ED’s probe in a minimum of 49 legal instances towards him, together with these of land grabbing, homicide and extortion.
He is going through trial in a number of instances together with try to homicide and homicide in Uttar Pradesh.
According to the police, in August, the Ghazipur district administration had seized 1.901 hectares and two plots price over Rs 6 crore, bought utilizing the alleged unlawful earnings of Mukhtar Ansari.
In July, the Uttar Pradesh Police connected Afzal Ansari’s property price Rs 14.90 crore beneath the Gangster Act.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
