The excessive court docket had additionally talked about in its order that the cash path hyperlinks Mr. Ansari with the motion of funds to and from two companies. File
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The Supreme Court docket on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the bail plea filed by jailed MLA Abbas Ansari in reference to a cash laundering case.
Abbas Ansari is the son of gangster-politician and former MLA Mukhtar Ansari, who died in jail just a few months in the past.
A bench of justices M.M. Sundresh and Sandeep Mehta issued discover to the ED and sought its reply on the enchantment filed by Ansari difficult an order of the Allahabad Excessive Court docket which rejected his bail.
The excessive court docket on Might 9, 2024, had dismissed Mr. Ansari’s bail plea, noting the cash path put ahead by the ED within the case in opposition to him.
“Contemplating the fabric obtainable on file, together with the circulate charts which clearly display the origin of funds (and likewise explains how the funds discovered their means into the accounts of the accused Mr. Ansari), this court docket finds him not entitled for a bail at this stage,” the excessive court docket had mentioned.
The excessive court docket had additionally talked about in its order that the cash path hyperlinks Mr. Ansari with the motion of funds to and from the 2 companies – M/s Vikas Development and M/s Aaghaaz. The companies, the ED has alleged, had been utilized by Mr. Ansari for cash laundering.
The ED had registered a case in opposition to Mr. Ansari, a Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Get together (SBSP) MLA, below the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act, 2002 on the idea of three earlier instances.
Mr. Ansari was booked on this case on November 4, 2022. He’s at present lodged within the Kasganj jail.
