New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Aaron Alim Yusuf and Ranjit Singh Bindra on Friday in connection with the investigation into the money laundering case against Iqbal Mirchi, the right-hand man of fugitive criminal Dawood Ibrahim. Both have been sent on five days police remand. Authorities have confirmed this. Mirchi died in London in 2013.
At the same time, the ED has identified Iqbal Mirchi's Benami assets, which include 10 properties in Mumbai, one property in the United Arab Emirates and 25 properties in the UK. The ED will initiate the process for attaching assets in India and deliver letters to the UK and the UAE to attach the assets. Authorities have said that Aaron Alim Yusuf and Ranjit Singh Bindra were arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for allegedly not cooperating in the investigation in the case.
The ED had registered a criminal case of money laundering against Mirchi and others on the basis of an FIR lodged by the Mumbai Police. Sources in the agency said the case pertains to Mirchi's purchase of three properties of the Sir Mohammed Yusuf Trust through his company Rockside Enterprise in September 1986 for Rs 6.5 lakh .
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