The tribunal has recently upheld the attachment of his alleged benami property in Lucknow, giving a major setback to the family of the late Mukhtar Ansari, a mafia -turned -politician. Located in the Dal Aghadi area of Raja Ram Mohan Rai Ward, the property was attached by the Income Tax Department under the Anonymous Property Transaction Prohibition (PBPT) Act last year.
Ansari’s legal heirs, including his wife Afshan Ansari and sons Omar and Abbas Ansari, opposed the attachment. However, after intensive hearing, the tribunal confirmed the property benami and retained the attachment. This property was reportedly sold to a person named Tanveer Sahar for Rs 76 lakh through fake deal.
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Investigation revealed that Sahar had issued three checks for the payment of property, none of which were not deposited or redeemed in any of which showed that the deal was coined to look valid. Further investigation by the then Additional Commissioner Dhruvpurari Singh of the Income Tax investigation revealed that Sahar had never filed any income tax return and there was no clear source of his income. Her husband’s income was stated to be only Rs 1.74 lakh, which raised doubts about the money used for property transactions.
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In the investigation of the Income Tax benami unit, it was also found that the same property was pledged for a loan of Rs 1.6 crore by Ganesh Dutt Mishra, a colleague of Mukhtar Ansari, which was fully repaid. Subsequently, the property was transferred to Sahar. Mishra revealed in his statement to the Income Tax officials that the property was transferred by Atif Raza, who is the brother -in -law of Mukhtar Ansari.
Sources revealed that despite the claims of the alleged beneficiaries and the Mukhtar that the property was disputed, a petition was filed in connection with the property dispute only after Mishra’s statement was recorded by the Income Tax officials, which seems to be a thought later. The order accessed by India Today TV states: “Using the powers conferred on me based on Section 7 with Section 26 of the PBPT Act, 1988 (amended), Section 24 (4) of the PBPT Act of the initiative officer, Under this, I confirm the provisional attachment order, from which the property specified in this order is considered a benami property. “
It further directed that the property should not be transferred or disposed of in any way without the prior permission of the signator below.
During this operation, the Income Tax team led by Dhruvpurri Singh conducted a comprehensive inquiry, including to find out the transactions of money and disclose many cases where property worth crores of benamars – Mukhtar Ansari’s close colleagues and family Members – were transferred to without any real payment.