Mukhtar Ansari ED raids: 100 benami properties papers linked to mafia-turned-politician unearthed
India TV NewsMukhtar Ansari ED raids: At least, 100 benami properties papers of the mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari and his close friends were found during the ongoing Enforcement Directorate raids, sources said. The ED on Thursday conducted raids at multiple locations in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi as part of a money laundering investigation against mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, official sources said. The action is aimed to gather evidence with regard to an ongoing investigation against Ansari under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the sources said. The Ghazipur district administration last week had also seized two plots of land, measuring 1.901 hectares and valued at over Rs 6 crore, that were purchased using alleged illegal earnings of Ansari, according to police.