ED lodges PMLA case against Jahangirpuri violence prime accused

April 23, 2022

New Delhi: Paramilitary Force and police personnel at the violence-hit Jahangirpuri area, after a joint anti-encroachment drive of NDMC, PWD, local bodies and the police, in the area, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (PTI Photo)(PTI04_20_2022_000233A)

Security in Jahangirpuri — New Delhi: Paramilitary Force and police personnel at the violence-hit Jahangirpuri area, after a joint anti-encroachment drive of NDMC, PWD, local bodies and the police, in the area, in New Delhi, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (PTI Photo)(PTI04_20_2022_000233A)

New Delhi, April 23

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday initiated a money laundering probe against Jahangirpuri violence prime accused Mohammed Ansar Sheikh.

On Friday, Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana had written to ED director to probe Ansar under Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The Delhi Police claimed that Ansar has acquired huge wealth through ill-gotten means and that all the real estates he owns is nothing but the proceeds of crime.

The probe agency has lodged an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), which is like an FIR against Ansar.

Sources said that the case has been filed on the request of the Delhi police. A team of elite officials of the ED is likely to approach the Rohini court seeking his custodial remand.

The Delhi Police has already given the FIRs lodged against Ansar and others to the ED along with several other incriminating documents.