The apex courtroom additionally talked about in its order that the cash path hyperlinks Mr Ansari to the motion of funds to and from two firms. File | Photograph credit score: The Hindu
The Supreme Court docket on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) sought a response from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the bail utility filed by jailed MLA Abbas Ansari in reference to a cash laundering case.
Abbas Ansari is the son of gangster politician and former MP Mukhtar Ansari, who died in jail a couple of months in the past.
A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Sandeep Mehta issued a discover to the Schooling Division and sought its response on the enchantment filed by Ansari difficult an Allahabad Excessive Court docket order denying his bail.
On Might 9, 2024, the Excessive Court docket dismissed Mr. Ansari’s bail utility, considering the financial path offered by the CEO within the case in opposition to him.
“Contemplating the fabric out there on report, together with the movement charts which clearly display the supply of funds (and in addition clarify how the funds reached the accounts of accused Mr Ansari), this courtroom is of the view that he’s not entitled to bail at this stage,” the apex courtroom had stated.
The Supreme Court docket additionally talked about in its order that the cash path hyperlinks Mr Ansari to the motion of funds to and from the 2 firms, M/s Vikas Building and M/s Aaghaaz. The businesses, the CEO has alleged, have been utilized by Mr Ansari for cash laundering.
The ED had registered a case in opposition to Mr Ansari, a Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Celebration (SBSP) MP, underneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act, 2002, based mostly on three earlier circumstances.
Mr. Ansari was booked on this case on November 4, 2022. He’s at present lodged in Kasganj Jail.
