The Enforcement Directorate has seized cash and papers related to several properties during searches on the premises of the associates of gangster-turned-politician MP Atiq Ahmed, who was gunned down along with his brother Khalid Azim alias Ashraf by three assailants in April.
The fresh round of searches was carried out at 10 locations in Delhi Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj and Lucknow on June 14 and 15. The included the premises of renowned builders and chartered accountants. The agency seized ₹17.80 lakh in cash, documents related to sale and purchase of properties, financial records of companies, bank statements, mobile phones, laptops and other physical and electronic evidence.
The ED probe under the Prevention Money Laundering Act is based on a case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation against Atiq Ahmed and his men, following the Supreme Court’s directive, in connection with the allegation of allegation of kidnapping and extortion.
