Kanpur, 07 March: The Enforcement Directorate searched the residences of Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki and his family members in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday as part of a money laundering probe, according to government sources. Solanki (44) is a four-time MLA from the Sisamau assembly constituency who is now imprisoned at Maharajganj.
According to reports, about five premises of Solanki, his incarcerated brother Rizwan, Shaukat Ali, Haji Wasi, Noori Shaukat, and others in Kanpur, as well as locations in Mumbai, Maharashtra, were searched early this morning, accompanied by a security escort of Central Reserve Police Force jawans.
According to them, action is being taken after the ED filed a criminal case against Solanki and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in response to various FIRs lodged against them by the Uttar Pradesh Police.
The SP MLA, headed by former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, has been detained in Maharajganj prison since December 2022 in connection with a number of criminal offenses.
Police have previously detained Solanki and Rizwan for allegedly harassing a woman and setting fire to her house in order to take her plot. They eventually turned themselves in to the police. Police charged Solanki, Rizwan, and three others under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act.
Kanpur, 7 March:
ED raids SP MLA Irfan Solanki’s Kanpur & Mumbai residences in money laundering case
Now imprisoned at Maharajganj?
Kanpur, 07 March (HS): The Enforcement Directorate searched the residences of Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki and his family members in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday as part of a money laundering probe, according to government sources. Solanki (44) is a four-time MLA from the Sisamau assembly constituency who is now imprisoned at Maharajganj.
According to reports, about five premises of Solanki, his incarcerated brother Rizwan, Shaukat Ali, Haji Wasi, Noori Shaukat, and others in Kanpur, as well as locations in Mumbai, Maharashtra, were searched early this morning, accompanied by a security escort of Central Reserve Police Force jawans.
According to them, action is being taken after the ED filed a criminal case against Solanki and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in response to various FIRs lodged against them by the Uttar Pradesh Police.
The SP MLA, headed by former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, has been detained in Maharajganj prison since December 2022 in connection with a number of criminal offenses.
Police have previously detained Solanki and Rizwan for allegedly harassing a woman and setting fire to her house in order to take her plot. They eventually turned themselves in to the police. Police charged Solanki, Rizwan, and three others under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) team raided the house of Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Irfan Solanki and his close relatives on Thursday morning. Six vehicles reached the MLA’s Jajmau residence and started the raid. Apart from Irfan, the ED team has also raided the houses of his brothers Rizwan and Ashard. It is noteworthy that SP MLA Irfan has been in jail for the last year.
On Thursday morning, six teams of the Enforcement Directorate from Uttar Pradesh Headquarters, Lucknow, reached the Bekanganj residence of SP MLA Irfan Solanki and the house of his brothers Arshad and Wilder Haji Wasi and started the raid. The mobile phones of all the members present in the house have been confiscated.
ED teams are interrogating MLA’s brother, Arshad, and the CCTV cameras installed in his house have also been switched off. Police forces are also deployed at every nook and cranny during the raid.
It is noteworthy that SP MLA Irfan is in Maharajganj jail in many other cases, including land grabbing. He could not even vote in the Rajya Sabha elections. The verdict against Irfan Solanki in the case of arson and code of conduct violations will be announced on March 14.
