NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: The ED has registered a money laundering case against fugitive terrorist Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar and others in connection with alleged extortion of a leading builder in Maharashtra, agency sources said today.
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. (AGENCIES)
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