A local court in Prayagraj has granted 10 days custody remand of mafia don Mukhtar Ansari to the Enforcement Directorate( ED) on Wednesday in a money laundering case.
Ansari, who was brought to Prayagraj from Banda jail on B-warrant and produced before the district judge court in the morning, will be in ED custody till 2 pm on December 23 when the investigating agency will interrogate him about the money laundering case.
The ED will interrogate Mukhtar Ansari after his son and MLA Abbas Ansari along with his brother-in-law Sharjeel were arrested by the police and taken on remand. At present, both have been sent to jail after completion of remand custody.
Earlier, Mukhtar was brought to Prayagraj from Banda Jail on B warrant under tight security cover.
The ED had filed chargesheet against Mukhtar over Money kaunderibg in March last and the agency sleuths had interrigated him in the jail in November last.
