According to the latest reports, on Tuesday, February 15, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained one individual from Mumbai after conducting searches at 10 locations in the island city. This has reportedly been undertaken in connection with a money-laundering investigation against people and entities that are claimed to be linked to Dawood Ibrahim and his aides.
Based on accounts, nearly 70 officials from the ED were involved in the operation and amongst the premises searched was the residence of Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Parkar.
Mumbai: ED officials opened the sealed residence of Dawood Ibrahim's sister Haseena Parkar and conducted a search inside the house.
— ANI (@ANI) February 15, 2022
(Visuals from outside Parkar's residence) pic.twitter.com/nFWqEhzqdA
It has been reported that the ED found many hawala transactions linked to money illegally sought through extortion, real estate sale as well as other unlawful activities. Reports claim that the authority has established the money trail linking these transactions to Ibrahim and his aides.
The agency’s case is in accordance with a fresh case filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) previously this month against the “D-Company” in the strict Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), stated accounts.
Ibrahim and many of his aides have been reportedly named by the NIA with their responsibilities in terror activities against the country that entailed hawala transactions, claimed reports. Ibrahim is reported to be the mastermind of the 1993 bomb blasts in Mumbai and is India’s most wanted fugitive, cited narratives.
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