Prayagraj. Don Mukhtar Ansari is lodged in jail and now after his henchmen, the eyes of the government investigative agencies have turned on the family. The Prayagraj office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned Mukhtar’s brother Afzal Ansari for 9 hours. All the questions were asked from Afzal. According to sources, Afzal could not answer many questions. ED will summon Afzal once again. The ED had registered a money laundering case against Mukhtar in 2021. According to sources, the investigating agency came to know that money is being passed on to the don, his brother Afzal and sons through some people. Afzal was summoned in this case.
On Monday, on the notice of ED’s assistant director Gunjan Kumar Jha, Afzal and some people reached the ED’s office. Here he was asked questions about the financial sources, assets, bank accounts, transactions etc. of all the family members. According to sources, a copy of the income tax return for the years 2010 to 2021 was also taken from Afzal. According to ED sources, questions were also raised from Afzal about Mukhtar’s properties in many places including Mau, Ghazipur and Lucknow. On many questions, Afzal said that he would be able to tell only by asking his accountant. Asked for time. The interrogation continued from 11 am to 8 pm.
Don Mukhtar Ansari is currently in Banda Jail in UP. He did not contest the assembly elections last time. His son has been made MLA by contesting elections by the Subhasp Party. Action of ED and other investigative agencies is also going on against all the henchmen of Mukhtar. The Yogi Adityanath government of UP has got bulldozers run on the property of Mukhtar and his henchmen everywhere.