Lucknow. The Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh has so far seized properties worth more than Rs 1848 crore in the action taken against the mafia and criminals. This swift action of the UP government has defeated Mafia Atiq Ahmed. Assets worth more than Rs 355 crore of mafia Atiq Ahmed and gang members have been seized. Now again the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is going to intensify the action on the properties collected from Atiq’s black money.
About Rs 355 crore worth of movable and immovable properties of former MP Atiq Ahmet and his accomplices, marked as mafia in the records of Prayagraj police, have been seized during the last two years. Bulldozers were also run at many places. His back is broken after the destruction of movable and immovable properties. Ateeq Ahmed, lodged in Sabarmati Jail in Gujarat, started crying in front of the team of Prayagraj unit of Enforcement Directorate (ED). He told the interrogating officers, ‘I was ruined.’ The ED had interrogated Atiq Ahmed at Sabarmati Jail for a long time on October 27 and 28.
Even during Mayawati’s reign, Atiq Ahmed’s office at Chakia was bulldozed, but not only the office in Yogi Raj, but the house built without getting the map from Prayagraj Development Authority was also demolished. After this, Ateeq’s wife and children took shelter in the house of relatives. The domination of Ateeq and his henchmen, who were notorious in the surrounding districts and in many states, has ended with such action.
The Prayagraj unit of the Enforcement Directorate had registered a case of money laundering several months ago against Ateeq, who has been in Sabarmati jail since June 3, 2019. Then information was collected about his well-known companies and properties acquired through crime. A three-member team, including the deputy director of the ED, reached the Sabarmati jail on October 28 with permission from the sessions court. According to sources, he started crying during interrogation. Asked to cooperate in the investigation, but did not give satisfactory answers to many questions.
ED officials inquired about the assets acquired from him, transactions in bank accounts, the company and its associated people, associates. It is being said that Ateeq’s properties worth crores of rupees have been identified and will be attached soon. The investigation of properties collected from the black money of Ateeq Aham in other cities of the state including Prayagraj and in other states is in the final stage. Details of his 12 bank accounts are also being probed. Rajeshwar Singh, joint director of ED’s zonal headquarters in Lucknow, says that investigation is going on against Atiq Ahmed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Strict action will be taken based on the evidence.
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