Moin Qureshi's farmhouse in Delhi, fort in Rajasthan worth Rs 9.3 crore attached by ED

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached immovable properties of a meat exporter operating in Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Goa.

The attached properties also include a farmhouse at Chhatarpur, Delhi and an old fort in Bikaner, Rajasthan. The total worth of properties according to the ED is Rs 9.35 crore which have been attached under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Moin Qureishi is under investigation in a case related to criminal conspiracy, taking illegal gratification to influence various public servants and for exercising personal influence with public servants and abuse of official position by the accused persons.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the Moin Qureshi case suffered a huge blow last year when the top two officials -- then CBI director Alok Verma and then special director Rakesh Asthana -- alleged each other of taking bribe.

Both the top officials were later removed by the government.

According to the ED, the attached assets include immovable properties held in the name of shell companies namely -- Evershine Hospitality Private Limited, Skyrise Infratech Private Limited, Empire Sales Private Limited, Impress Estates Private Limited and Millennium Propcon Private Limited -- controlled by Moin Qureshi.

The ED initiated its investigations under the PMLA on the basis of FIR registered by the CBI against Moin Akhtar Qureshi of AMQ Group of Companies, his employee Aditya Sharma, Pradeep Koneru of Timex Group of companies, AP Singh, former director of CBI and other unknown persons and public servants.

According to the probe agency, investigations conducted by the ED have revealed that Moin Akhtar Qureshi was in touch with senior officers of the CBI. He would collect money from different individuals either directly or through his agents such as Sathish Babu Sana to influence the cases being investigated by the CBI.

"The proceeds of crime used by the accused to launder money was through various means such as abroad expenditures by Moin Akhtar Qureshi, his wife and their family members. They were using money to send through Hawala or expenditure on behalf of seniors officers.

"Other way of laundering was investment in properties, a major part of which used to be paid in cash. Investigation till date has revealed laundering of money to the tune of Rs 12.69 crore out of which Rs 3.34 crore was already attached in 2017," the ED said.