Uttar Pradesh: Mau MLA Abbas Ansari held by ED in cash laundering case, produced in MP/MLA courtroom

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: Mau MLA Abbas Ansari, son of former MLA and mafia Mukhtar Ansari, was “arrested” by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Prayagraj late on Friday night time, stated police sources on Saturday. Abbas is an MLA from Mau (Sadar) meeting phase from Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) of OP Rajbhar.

On Saturday afternoon, the ED officers produced the SBSP MLA in Prayagraj MP/MLA courtroom amid tight safety.

Abbas Ansari has been on the ED scanner over cash laundering allegations.  He was summoned by the company for questioning on Friday afternoon associated to a case of cash laundering registered in opposition to his father in July 2021.

Abbas appeared in ED’s Prayagraj workplace on Friday and after a day-long grilling, he was “arrested” and brought to Moti Lal Nehru Divisional (Colvin) Hospital for a medical examination round midnight, stated the sources. 

Abbas’s driver Ravi Kumar Sharma of Ghazipur was additionally detained together with Abbas. However, ED didn’t verify Abbas Ansari’s detention or “arrest” until now formally.

Significantly, ED had issued summons to over half a dozen relations and associates of Mukhtar Ansari, lodged in Banda jail, within the cash laundering case registered in opposition to him in March 2021.

ED had issued a lookout discover on October 11 in opposition to Abbas Ansari and his mom, Mukhtar’s spouse, Afshan Ansari. Following this, ED summoned Abbas and his youthful brother Umar on May 20 for questioning.

In response to the summons, Abbas alongside together with his lawyer arrived on the ED workplace on Friday afternoon. After nearly nine-hour of questioning, he was ‘arrested’.

ED is at present investigating the movable and immovable property of Mukhtar, his kin and associates, which they allegedly earned by means of unlawful means. Around a dozen locations related to Mukhtar and his relations have to date been raided by ED in Ghazipur, Lucknow and Delhi.

ED officers had then additionally issued notices to Mukhtar’s brother MP Afzal Ansari, brother-in-law Atif Raza, son Abbas Ansari and another individuals together with shut relations and associates, and referred to as them for recording their statements. However, Mukhtar’s spouse Afshan has been elusive and has failed to answer ED summons to date.

Enforcement Directorate groups raided 5 spots in Ghazipur, 4 in Lucknow and three in Delhi and seized recordsdata associated to properties, and transactions together with laptops and several other cell phones not too long ago.

Abbas Ansari has been absconding in a case lodged in opposition to him below Arms Act within the state. While the UP police failed to trace him, the Mau MLA moved to Supreme Court to remain on arrest and was given reduction by the apex courtroom following which he surfaced in Saifai in mid-October to pay his tributes to SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav who handed away on October 10.

LUCKNOW: Mau MLA Abbas Ansari, son of former MLA and mafia Mukhtar Ansari, was “arrested” by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Prayagraj late on Friday night time, stated police sources on Saturday. Abbas is an MLA from Mau (Sadar) meeting phase from Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) of OP Rajbhar.

On Saturday afternoon, the ED officers produced the SBSP MLA in Prayagraj MP/MLA courtroom amid tight safety.

Abbas Ansari has been on the ED scanner over cash laundering allegations.  He was summoned by the company for questioning on Friday afternoon associated to a case of cash laundering registered in opposition to his father in July 2021.

Abbas appeared in ED’s Prayagraj workplace on Friday and after a day-long grilling, he was “arrested” and brought to Moti Lal Nehru Divisional (Colvin) Hospital for a medical examination round midnight, stated the sources. 

Abbas’s driver Ravi Kumar Sharma of Ghazipur was additionally detained together with Abbas. However, ED didn’t verify Abbas Ansari’s detention or “arrest” until now formally.

Significantly, ED had issued summons to over half a dozen relations and associates of Mukhtar Ansari, lodged in Banda jail, within the cash laundering case registered in opposition to him in March 2021.

ED had issued a lookout discover on October 11 in opposition to Abbas Ansari and his mom, Mukhtar’s spouse, Afshan Ansari. Following this, ED summoned Abbas and his youthful brother Umar on May 20 for questioning.

In response to the summons, Abbas alongside together with his lawyer arrived on the ED workplace on Friday afternoon. After nearly nine-hour of questioning, he was ‘arrested’.

ED is at present investigating the movable and immovable property of Mukhtar, his kin and associates, which they allegedly earned by means of unlawful means. Around a dozen locations related to Mukhtar and his relations have to date been raided by ED in Ghazipur, Lucknow and Delhi.

ED officers had then additionally issued notices to Mukhtar’s brother MP Afzal Ansari, brother-in-law Atif Raza, son Abbas Ansari and another individuals together with shut relations and associates, and referred to as them for recording their statements. However, Mukhtar’s spouse Afshan has been elusive and has failed to answer ED summons to date.

Enforcement Directorate groups raided 5 spots in Ghazipur, 4 in Lucknow and three in Delhi and seized recordsdata associated to properties, and transactions together with laptops and several other cell phones not too long ago.

Abbas Ansari has been absconding in a case lodged in opposition to him below Arms Act within the state. While the UP police failed to trace him, the Mau MLA moved to Supreme Court to remain on arrest and was given reduction by the apex courtroom following which he surfaced in Saifai in mid-October to pay his tributes to SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav who handed away on October 10.