The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided the official residence of BSP MP Afzal Ansari in Delhi as part of multi-city raids being conducted in a money laundering investigation against his jailed brother and mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, official sources said.
The Ghazipur legislator’s government accommodation at Janpath in central Delhi has been covered during the raids which are being carried out along with a CRPF security escort.
Among those raided on Thursday are close associates Vikram Agrahari, Ganesh Mishra and the owner of Khan bus service. Ansari’s residence in Mohammadabad is also being searched.
Ansari, a five-time former MLA, is currently lodged in jail at Banda in Uttar Pradesh. He is under the ED scanner in connection with at least 49 criminal cases booked against him including those on charges of land grabbing, murder and extortion.
Recently, a probe was ordered by the AAP-led Punjab government after it was found that the former Congress government had spent Rs 55 lakh on saving the gangster-politician from Uttar Pradesh.
The investigation revealed that the government led by Captain Amarinder Singh had engaged a senior Supreme Court lawyer to contest Ansari’s case by spending Rs 11 lakh per hearing and spending a total of Rs 55 lakh on the advocate’s fee. According to report, the lawyer, according to jails minister Harjot Bains, also allegedly charged Rs 5 lakh on the day when the hearing did not take place.
The Ghazipur district administration last week had seized two plots of land, measuring 1.901 hectares and valued at over Rs 6 crore, that were purchased using alleged illegal earnings of Mukhtar Ansari, according to police. In July, the Uttar Pradesh Police attached Afzal Ansari’s assets worth Rs 14.90 crore under the Gangster Act.
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