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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in a money laundering case. Ansari is still in jail. He was arrested after being produced before a local court in Uttar Pradesh. Officials said that Ansari, a former five-time MLA, is lodged in a jail in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda. The ED had questioned the 59-year-old leader in this case last year.
Official sources said the ED took them into custody under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). He was produced in a Prayagraj court on the basis of a production warrant issued by the agency. The federal probe agency had also arrested his MLA son Abbas Ansari in November after questioning him at his office in Prayagraj.
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Earlier, Atif Raza, a relative of Mukhtar Ansari, was arrested. The money laundering case against Mukhtar Ansari emanates from several FIRs registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police. Besides, two FIRs were lodged against a company named Vikas Constructions, which was run by Ansari’s wife, two relatives including Atif Raza and others.
Mukhtar Ansari is under probe by the ED in connection with at least 49 criminal cases registered against him on charges including land-grabbing, murder and extortion. He is facing trial in Uttar Pradesh in several cases including attempt to murder and murder. (agency)
