Lucknow. Enforcement Directorate (ED) proceedings against Mafia Atiq Ahmed are on. Recently, after confiscating assets worth more than eight crore rupees, once again the ED team has questioned Mafia Atiq Ahmed. Officers gathered information about assets and associates from Atiq Ahmed, who was lodged in Sabarmati Jail in Gujarat. Now action is likely to be taken to confiscate immovable property in other cities including Prayagraj.
The Prayagraj unit of the ED had registered a money laundering case against Atiq in April 2021. Sources say that the agency has come to know about immovable properties worth crores of rupees in the investigation so far. Before seizing them, archival evidence is being collected from Income Tax and other departments. Ateeq has many well-known and benami companies, firms. It was through them that the money earned through crime was used for other purposes. A few days ago, ED officials had reached Sabarmati Jail. This time Atiq answered the questions correctly.
According to ED sources, Atiq Ahmed has given the names of those whose names were construction and other companies. Along with this, he has also confessed that he has got more money from the property work, due to which he has bought land, houses in many other cities apart from Prayagraj. Earlier, the ED had interrogated Atiq in jail in the last week of October. Then in addition to seizing 11 bank accounts of him and his wife Shaista, action was taken to confiscate the land located in Katka of Jhunsi.
Summons issued to son Umar: Atiq’s son Mohd in the money laundering case itself. Summons have been issued to Umar from the sessions court. On behalf of ED’s assistant director Gunjan Jha, Umar was issued several notices asking him to record his statement, but Umar did not appear before the competent officer with a reward of two lakh rupees. On its disregard, the ED had applied in the court.
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