Archive · 10 Dec 2025
ED Attaches Assets in Land Encroachment Case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached six properties worth Rs 2.03 crore belonging to a company operated by the late Mukhtar Ansari, a former mafia don turned politician.
These properties are linked to an ongoing investigation into land encroachment and money laundering.
The ED found that the company, Vikas Construction, built illegal structures on government land and leased them to the Food Corporation of India, generating illegal income.
Shadab Ahmed, a close associate of Ansari, was detained and found to have played a significant role in hiding and moving illegal money.
The total value of illegal proceeds identified so far is Rs 27.72 crore.
The ED is continuing its investigation.
ED attached six properties worth Rs 2.03 crore linked to Vikas Construction, operated by Mukhtar Ansari and his associates.
Properties were held in the name of Shadab Ahmed and his wife, with total attachments in the case now at Rs 8.43 crore.
Vikas Construction allegedly encroached government land in Uttar Pradesh, building illegal godowns leased to the Food Corporation of India.
Proceeds of Crime identified amount to Rs 27.72 crore, generated through rental income and subsidies despite illegal constructions.
Shadab Ahmed was detained in October 2025 and revealed his role in hiding and moving approximately Rs 10 crore of illegal funds.
- Who
- Enforcement Directorate (ED), Shadab Ahmed, Mukhtar Ansari, Vikas Construction
- What
- Attachment of properties and investigation into land encroachment and money laundering
- When
- October 2025, ongoing investigation
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh (Mau and Ghazipur districts), Lucknow Airport, Prayagraj
- Why
- Alleged encroachment of government land, construction of illegal godowns, and money laundering through rental income and subsidies
- Properties Attached
- 6 immovable properties
- Value of Attached Properties
- Rs 2.03 crore
- Total Attachment in Case
- Rs 8.43 crore
- Proceeds of Crime Identified
- Rs 27.72 crore
- Individual Detained
- Shadab Ahmed
- Act Under Which Properties Attached
- Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002
- Companies Involved in Money Laundering
- Aaghaaz Project and Engineering Pvt Ltd, Inizio Network Solution Pvt Ltd
