New Delhi. Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana has written to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking its intervention in the probe into the communal violence that took place in Jahangirpuri in the national capital, possibly as illegal money was used for the April 16 riots. Was. According to sources, the letter specifically mentions the name of the arrested accused and alleged mastermind of the violence, Ansar, urging the ED to initiate a financial probe into the illegal assets of the accused.
Accused Ansar is suspected to have acquired huge wealth by illegally earning money at various places in the country. Official sources said, “If they register a PMLA case, a nationwide probe can be launched against Ansar. All properties purchased by him and his family members will be probed. If it was bought with the help, the property would be confiscated.”
Sources close to the development had earlier claimed that during interrogation Ansar had confessed to being involved in the drug trade.
He claimed that along with his illegal business, the accused misappropriated money and used it to create a gangster-like image in Jahangirpuri. Ansar initially started the junk business and later started supplying heroin and smack in the area.
There is every possibility of registering a case against Ansar under the Preventive of Money Laundering Act. The Financial Investigation Agency also has the right to confiscate his assets which may have been acquired through criminal activities.
Meanwhile, Ansar’s West Bengal connection has also come to the fore.
Reportedly, Ansar owns a luxurious mansion in Haldia, a major industrial town in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district and has the image of a philanthropist there.
Many in his wife’s village near Haldia remember him as a social worker who dedicated his life for the welfare of others. Ansar also ensured that this image remained intact by doing charity work.
According to sources, Ansar, originally from Assam, married a girl whose family has been living in the village for a long time.
Soon after his marriage, Ansar built a haveli there. Some villagers said that Ansar had last visited the village in March. Whenever he went to the village, he used to meet the sub-village head before leaving for Delhi.
Rafiq-ul-Islam, the deputy village head, said that Ansar used to donate money to the poor during his travels, giving him the image of a philanthropist.
—AnyTV News
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