New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday connected seven sugar mills worth over Rs 1,097 crore in a cash laundering case against former Uttar Pradesh BSP MLC Haji Mohammed Iqbal and his household.
The ED alleged that in Mayawati authorities’s tenure a number of sugar mills have been bought in the title of shell firms that are below the “control” of Iqbal and his relations.
These mills have been acquired by the accused “through laundering of illegitimate money through various shell companies having dummy directors and sham transactions,” the company alleged.
The central probe company had carried out raids on the premises of the previous Saharanpur-based legislator in October 2020.
The mills “owned” by Iqbal and household are situated in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar, Bareilly, Deoria, Hardoi and Barabanki districts and their complete worth is Rs 10,97,18,10,250, as per official estimate.
In 2016, the Supreme Court had directed the CBI to conduct a probe against Iqbal after a public curiosity litigation (PIL) was filed alleging that the previous legislator was indulging in corruption and cash laundering.
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