Wife of Delhi druglord arrested, property worth nearly 10 cr seized

New Delhi, June 13 (UNI) Nearly eleven months of after Delhi druglord MCOCA-accused Sharafat Sheikh was arrested, police have arrested his wife Zohra from Chanakyapuri area of New Delhi.

Zohra Begum Sheikh alias Chaman (33), the prime mover behind handling and disposing of all assets and wealth accumulated from drug trafficking by Sharafat, was taken into custody yesterday, DCP (Crime) Tajendra Luthra told mediapersons.

''She was moving in a four-wheeler in Chanakyapuri area when she was arrested.'' Twenty-two properties, both moveable and immoveable, worth nearly ten crores have so far been seized from the possession of Zohra, who was Sharafat's second wife and married to him in 1996, he said.

''Sharafat's first wife Nazma is already in police custody. She was arrested some seven months back.'' Efforts are on to break the drug network, operated by Sharafat, and recover two firearms in Zohra's possession, the DCP added.

''She would keep shuffling between Delhi, Mumbai and Srinagar where she held several bank accounts. Presently she was in the process of disposing of all moveable assets to escape seizure by the police.'' Among the 22 properties owned by Sharafat and Zohra were a dance bar in Mumbai, eight flats in Delhi and Mumbai, a guest house, two plots and two commercial buildings in Delhi and seven luxury vehicles.

A Class XII pass and a divorcee Zohra has two sons, of which one is from her previous marriage, and a daughter.

Lord of Delhi's largest drug syndicate, Sharafat Sheikh was arrested in July last year by the Delhi Police's Anti-Extortion Cell and ever since has been languishing in Tihar Jail. He was charged under the NDPS Act and MCOCA.

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