Uttar Pradesh: ED attaches undervalued properties acquired by Mukhtar Ansari’s son | Lucknow Information
LUCKNOW: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally connected undervalued properties price Rs 73.43 lakh acquired by mafia turned politician Mukhtar Ansari’s son Abbas Ansari. The land and industrial buildings have been located in Mau and Ghazipur.
These properties have been allegedly acquired by Abbas Ansari at a significantly undervalued value of Rs 71.94 lakh, versus the federal government price of Rs 6.23 crore. Moreover, Rs 1.5 lakh was discovered within the checking account of Mukhtar Ansari.
These actions have been taken below the provisions of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
The case below the PMLA Act was initially registered towards Mukhtar Ansari in June 2021, primarily based on an FIR filed in Mau which included sections of the IPC and the Prevention of Harm to Public Properties Act. Throughout the course of the investigation, the names of Abbas and Atif emerged.
ED sources additionally revealed the involvement of a person named Sapra, who was a accomplice in M/s Vikas Constructions, an organization by which Mukhtar Ansari, his father-in-law Jamshed Raza, and Abbas Ansari have been companions. Funds diverted from this agency have been allegedly used for private functions, together with international journeys and the acquisition of firearms by Abbas.
Additional investigations into the monetary transactions of Aaghaaz Constructions, by which Mukhtar’s spouse Afshan Ansari, father-in-law Jamshed Raza, and son Abbas Ansari held shares, revealed that Sapra had invested cash within the firm and carried out transactions by means of numerous shell corporations. The corporate had obtained a mortgage of Rs 1.06 crore within the identify of Mishra from the Union Financial institution of India, with a property valued at Rs 90 lakh belonging to a different affiliate of Mukhtar, Ganesh Dutt Mishra, being mortgaged.
