ED nabs one person fleeing to Dubai in ‘cash for vote’ case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested one person contained within the alleged cash-for-vote case, officials said on Wednesday.

The arrested person, identified as Nagani Akram Mohammad Shafi, was once apprehended at Ahmedabad Airport by immigration authorities while he was once taking a look to flee to Dubai. A Look Out Circular was once issued against Shafi.

The case was once first and foremost registered on November 7 by the Malegaon Chawani Police Station in Maharashtra’s Nashik regarding unknown deposit of large amounts of greater than Rs 100 crores in 14 accounts, newly opened with Nashik Merchant Co-operative Bank (NAMCO Bank), Malegaon.

This FIR was once registered in keeping with the written complaint of Jayes Lotan Misal, declaring that one Siraj Ahmed Mohammad Harun Memon and his accomplishes used his identity documents to boot because the identity documents of his brother Ganesh Misal and a couple of alternative persons to establish shell entities and in an identical fashion to open bank accounts contained within the name of such shell entities in Nashik Merchant Co-operative Bank, Malegaon, Nashik, officials privy to the improvement said.

“These documents were collected by Siraj Ahmed contained within the guise of giving some financial benefit or job, to the complainant and other such persons. It was once also alleged contained within the said complaint that Siraj Ahmed also acquired new SIM Cards contained within the name of such persons, which have been linked with those bank accounts, for the aim of taking regulate and operation of such accounts. These bank accounts were used to hold out huge financial transactions including circular transactions running into hundreds of cores and likewise to make term deposits from that money,” said the officials.

As per information received from the Police, the officials contained within the ED said, Siraj Ahmed was once also receiving instruction from Nagani Akram Mohammad Shafi.

“Shafi was once one amongst of the persons, on whose instructions, Siraj Ahmed opened the above 14 accounts, maintained with NAMCO Bank. These accounts were also operated by Siraj Ahmed, on the instructions of Nagani Akram, and the quantity of Rs 14 crore was once also sent by Siraj Ahmed, through Hawala Channels, on his instructions simplest. Accordingly, in keeping with in an identical fashion details collected by ED, Look Out Circular was once issued against Nagani Akram Mohammad Shafi,” the officials said.