Updated Feb 26, 2021 | 18:46 IST
The ED till date has attached Iqbal Mirchi s properties to the tune of Rs 798 crore in India and abroad under the PMLA provisions. Enforcement Directorate | Photo Credit: IANS
Mumbai: In a major boost to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probing the money laundering case against slain underworld gangster Iqbal Mirchi and his family members, a Special Court here on Friday declared his wife and two sons as fugitive economic offenders and also ordered the seizure of their properties in India and abroad.
A Special PMLA court here said that Mirchi s wife Hajra Memon, and his sons Asif Iqbal Memon and Junaid Iqbal Memon are hereby declared as Fugitive Economic Offenders as per Section 12 of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018.
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Gangster Iqbal Mirchi s family declared fugitive economic offenders: Officials
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Last Updated: Feb 26, 2021, 08:16 PM IST
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Those charged include Mirchi s wife Hajra Memon and sons Junaid Memon and Asif Memon. The court of Additional Sessions Judge A A Nandgaonkar declared the three as fugitive economic offenders under section 12 of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act of 2018, they said.
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A special court here Friday declared three family members of late gangster Iqbal Mirchi as fugitive economic offenders under the provisions of a criminal law by the same name, official sources said.
The court of Additional Sessions Judge A A Nandgaonkar declared the three as fugitive economic offenders under section 12 of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act of 2018, they said.
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