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New
Delhi,
Feb
18:
Enforcement
Directorate
(ED)
took
custody
of
gangster
Dawood
Ibrahim’s
brother
Iqbal
Kaskar
from
Thane
jail
in
connection
with
an
alleged
money
laundering
case.
He
will
be
produced
before
a
special
PMLA
court
in
Mumbai
today.
Kaskar
Kaskar,
already
lodged
in
Thane
jail
in
connection
with
multiple
cases
of
alleged
extortion,
was
taken
into
custody
in
the
fresh
case.
The
probe
agency
is
expected
to
seek
his
custody
for
questioning
in
the
newly
registered
case
against
him,
fugitive
gangster
Ibrahim
and
others
linked
to
the
Mumbai
underworld.
The
ED
on
Tuesday
conducted
multiple
searches
in
Mumbai
as
part
of
a
money
laundering
probe
into
the
operations
of
the
underworld
and
linked
illegal
property
deals
and
hawala
transactions.
About
10
locations,
including
those
linked
to
1993
Mumbai
blasts’ mastermind
Dawood
Ibrahim’s
late
sister
Haseena
Parkar,
his
brother
Iqbal
Kaskar
and
a
brother-in-law
of
gangster
Chota
Shakeel’s
in
Maharashtra’s
capital
city,
were
covered.
The
action
was
undertaken
under
sections
of
the
Prevention
of
Money
Laundering
Act
(PMLA).
The
ED
case
is
based
on
an
FIR
filed
recently
by
the
National
Investigation
Agency
(NIA)
against
Ibrahim,
a
fugitive
gangster,
and
others.
The
NIA
had
filed
its
criminal
complaint
under
sections
of
the
Unlawful
Activities
Prevention
Act
(UAPA).
The
anti-money
laundering
agency
is
understood
to
have
recovered
documents
related
to
these
alleged
illegal
property
deals
with
links
to
Indian
businessmen
operating
here
and
in
Dubai,
the
sources
said.
Some
political
links
to
these
shady
deals
are
also
under
the
scanner
of
the
agency.
For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS | Updated: Friday, February 18, 2022, 12:28 [IST] New Delhi, Feb 18: Enforcement Directorate (ED) took custody of gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar from Thane jail in connection with an alleged money laundering case. He will be produced before a special PMLA court in Mumbai today. Iqbal Kaskar Kaskar, already lodged in Thane jail in connection with multiple cases of alleged extortion, was taken into custody in the fresh case. The probe agency is expected to seek his custody for questioning in the newly registered case against him, fugitive gangster Ibrahim and others linked to the Mumbai underworld. The ED on Tuesday conducted multiple searches in Mumbai as part of a money laundering probe into the operations of the underworld and linked illegal property deals and hawala transactions. About 10 locations, including those linked to 1993 Mumbai blasts’ mastermind Dawood Ibrahim’s late sister Haseena Parkar, his brother Iqbal Kaskar and a brother-in-law of gangster Chota Shakeel’s in Maharashtra’s capital city, were covered. The action was undertaken under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED case is based on an FIR filed recently by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against Ibrahim, a fugitive gangster, and others. The NIA had filed its criminal complaint under sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). The anti-money laundering agency is understood to have recovered documents related to these alleged illegal property deals with links to Indian businessmen operating here and in Dubai, the sources said. Some political links to these shady deals are also under the scanner of the agency.