KANPUR/LUCKNOW, March 7: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches at the premises of Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki and his family members in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said.
Solanki (44) is currently lodged in the Maharajganj prison and is a four-time MLA from Sisamau assembly seat in Kanpur district.
About five premises of Solanki including his residence in defence colony Jajmau, a linked property in Becon Ganj area that of his jailed brother Rizwan are being covered by ED teams from the Lucknow zonal office, the sources said.
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The premises of Shaukat Ali, builder Hazi Wasi and party leader Noori Shaukat apart from some others in Kanpur and a premises in Mumbai in Maharashtra were also raided early morning along with a security escort of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, they said.
Some documents and electronic gadgets have been recovered by the agency officials.
The search action wwas launched by the ED after it filed a criminal case against Solanki and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) taking cognisance of multiple FIRs filed against them by the Uttar Pradesh Police, they said.
The MLA from the SP, led by former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, has been lodged in the Maharajganj prison since December 2022 in connection with several criminal cases. His father late Haji Mustaq Solanki has also been a two-time MLA from the SP.
Irfan Solanki and Rizwan were arrested by police earlier for allegedly harassing a woman and setting her house on fire in a bid to grab her plot. They later surrendered before police.
The brothers, along with three others, were booked under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act by the state police. (PTI)
