In accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) provisionally attached properties worth Rs. 73,43,900/- (book value) in the case of Mukhtar Ansari and others on October 14, 2023. The attached properties are a plot of land measuring 6020 square feet located at Arazi number 169 in Mauja Jahangirabad, Pargana, and Tehsil- Sadar, Janpad- Mau, and a land plot measuring 1538 square feet located at Arazi number 604 in Mauja Rajdepur Dehati, Tehsil Sadar, Ghazipur.
Abbas purchased these properties for an overvalued sum of Rs. 71.94 lakh as opposed to the official rate of Rs. 6.23 crore. Additionally, Mukhtar Ansari’s bank account balance of Rs. 1.5 lakh has been provisionally attached.
The various FIRs that the Uttar Pradesh Police had filed against Mukhtar and his associates served as the foundation for the ED’s investigation. Mukhtar and his kin appropriated public property and erected a warehouse there. Food Corporation of India Limited rented the warehouse, and Mukhtar Ansari’s family members received rent payments.
Prior to this, the ED had attached seven immovable properties, with a book value of Rs. 1.5 crore, in the form of property plots in the Uttar Pradesh districts of Mau and Jalaun that belonged to Afshan, without Mukhtar Ansari, and Vikas Construction, a company that was under the control of Mukhtar Ansari and his relatives. Ld Adjudicating Authority approved the attachment order.
Three people—Mukhtar, his son Abbas Ansari, a sitting MLA from the Mau Sadar constituency, and Atif Raza, Mukhtar Ansari’s brother-in-law—have been detained by the ED and are currently being held in custody. These three people have been the subject of criminal allegations, which have been brought before the honourable Special PMLA court, which has taken notice of them. Further research is now being conducted.
