Dawood’s brother booked by ED under PMLA
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will probe the suspect “proceeds of crime” generated by the accused in this case, they said, adding their statements would be recorded.
The Enforcement Directorate has booked a case against Iqbal Kaskar, brother of Dawood Ibrahim. The case was booked under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Kaskar and his two aides were recently arrested in Mumbai by the anti-extortion cell of the police. The sources said provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) have been slapped against Kaskar, his aides Israr Z Saiyyad and Mumtaz A Sheikh and others based on the police FIR, filed on charges of extortion and illegal transfer of property.
The police alleged that Kaskar and his associates had been threatening a prominent builder in Thane, in Dawood's name since 2013 and extorted Rs 30 lakh and four flats from him.
The
Enforcement
Directorate
(ED)
will
probe
the
suspect
"proceeds
of
crime"
generated
by
the
accused
in
this
case,
they
said,
adding
their
statements
would
be
recorded.
The
decision
to
rope
in
the
ED
was
made
by
the
Thane
police.
The
police
during
investigations
had
found
a
diary
which
had
several
mentions
of
hawala
transactions
in
it.
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