ED Attaches Thane Flat of Associate of Dawood's Brother
News 18The ED on Tuesday said it has attached a flat worth Rs 55 lakh, held in the name of an associate of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar, in Maharashtra’s Thane in connection with a money laundering probe. A provisional order for attaching the immovable asset has been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Mumtaz Ezaz Shaikh, the Enforcement Directorate said in a statement. The ED alleged this flat was “extorted” by Iqbal Kaskar and others from a Thane-based real estate developer Suresh Devichand Mehta. The accused Iqbal Kaskar, Mumtaz Shaikh and Israr Ali Jamil Saiyad due to close proximity with underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar managed to extort one flat in Thane in the name of Mumtaz Ezaz Shaikh,” the agency said.