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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided 13 locations in Uttar Pradesh, Mumbai and Delhi in the ongoing sand mining case involving former cabinet minister Gayatri Prajapati. The houses of Gayatri Prajapati, his wife and sons were also included in this search. On Wednesday morning the ED team also reached Gayatri Prajapati's house in Lucknow. ED team is investigating the connection with Gayatri Prajapati.
A total of 14 locations were raided in Mumbai.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided more than a dozen locations in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Maharashtra as part of the ongoing money laundering probe against former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati and his family members. A total of 14 locations are being raided in Lucknow and Amethi of Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Mumbai of Maharashtra.
ED files money laundering case in 2021
Sources said that Prajapati's house in Lucknow is being raided. The money laundering case registered by the ED in 2021 comes after the Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Department filed an FIR against Gayatri Prajapati and her associates on charges of illegal sand mining and possessing disproportionate assets.
misused his official position
The ED said Prajapati, while holding the post of Mining Minister of Uttar Pradesh, misused his official position and amassed huge assets in the name of his family members and other close associates and friends, which were disproportionate to his source of income. This was not consistent with known sources of income.
“Fictitious and imaginary” deals of former minister’s family
It has been alleged that the family members of the former minister laundered illegal money generated through various “bogus and fictitious” transactions and acquired several properties during his tenure as a minister in the Uttar Pradesh government.
-Raids on the house of Prajapati and his close friend Gudda Devi in Amethi
Amethi. A team of Enforcement Directorate ED reached the house of Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, who was a cabinet minister in the SP government, at 6 am on Thursday. Three teams of the Enforcement Directorate are investigating records related to benami property. ED has also raided the house of Gudda Devi, close to the former cabinet minister, and is interrogating her. There is also discussion that a raid will be conducted on a residence in Lucknow also.
Separate inquiry regarding benami property
A team of the Enforcement Directorate along with the Central Police Force reached the house of former cabinet minister Gayatri Prasad Prajapati and current SP MLA Maharaj Prajapati and Gangaganj resident Gudda Devi at 6 am on Thursday. , The team is separately investigating the benami properties acquired by MLA Maharaj Prajapati, younger son Anurag and their family members.
Getting information about benami property
Information is being taken from nearby people about the benami property of Gudda Devi. It is coming to light that the residence of elder son Anil and daughter-in-law in Lucknow will be raided and interrogated. Central Police Force personnel deployed outside are stopping anyone from entering the house. The raid by the Enforcement Directorate team has created a stir in the city.
