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The Federal Investigation Agency’s Ahmedabad -based Zonal Office has recently registered a case under the Money Laundering Act, taking cognizance of the FIR of the local police.
New Delhi: The ED raided and investigated money laundering related to financial irregularities in some properties of Gujarat Waqf. After the search, a cryptocurrency of Rs 7 lakh, freeze the bank fund of Rs 2 crore and seized Rs 30 lakh cash. On Tuesday, raided nine places in Ahmedabad. The Federal Investigation Agency’s Ahmedabad -based Zonal Office has recently registered a case under the Money Laundering Act, taking cognizance of the FIR of the local police.
Salim Jummakhan Pathan History Sheeter, five cases registered
The FIR includes the names of Salim Jumma Khan Pathan, Mohammad Yasar Abdulhamia Sheikh, Mahmud Khan Jumma Khan Pathan, Phasemohammad Pir Mohammad Chobdar and Shaheed Ahmed Yakubbhai Sheikh. Police said that Salim Jummakhan Pathan is a history -sheeter and there are five cases registered against him under the Arms Act. In a statement on Wednesday, the Enforcement Directorate said that Rs 7 lakh has been freezed in bank deposits and cryptocurrency worth Rs 2 crore. Apart from this, Rs 30 lakh cash has been seized, this amount was either under the ownership or control of the accused and their colleagues, who had deposited suspicious income of crime.
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Waqf Board presented false affidavits: ED
The ED had said that the accused had illegally claimed to be a trustee of the glass mosque Trust and Shah Bada Kasam Trust. The agency alleged that they signed fraudulent lease agreements, forcibly charged rent from tenants and presented false affidavits to the Waqf Board. He suspects that the accused built shops on the land of the Masjid Trust, charged rent and cheated and conspired against Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and Waqf Board for personal benefits.
The accused grab the trust’s money and land
The ED said that a plot adjacent to the ‘glass mosque’ was originally owned by the Masjid Trust. It was given to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation years ago with the agreement that two Urdu schools will be built on this plot. The school was damaged in the 2001 earthquake and collapsed in 2009. Between 2008 and 2025, 150 to 200 houses and 25 to 30 shops were built here and the accused charged the rent but did not deposit in the trust’s account. According to the ED, instead the accused allegedly grabbed the trust’s money and land, which was originally for community welfare. According to the Federal Investigation Agency, the accused presented a fake affidavit to the Waqf Board in Gandhinagar in 2024 to claim trusils, mislead both the board and the civil body.
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