Mukhtar, Atiq other dons under ED lens

Lucknow: Enforcement Directorate has sought details from the Uttar Pradesh police about financial dealings of a handful of top mafia and gangsters. Although, senior police officials remained tight-lipped about the development, sources in ED said that criminals like don-turned politicians Atiq Ahmed and Mukhtar Ansari and Bhati gang members along with slain ganglord Vikas Dubey and others were under the scanner of the Enforcement Directorate.
The ED is likely to register an ECIR against Ahmed and Dubey, said that officers privy to the probe. The list includes gangster like Badan Singh ‘Badoo’, who carries a cash reward of Rs 2.5 lakh on his head and was also sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of a lawyer in Ghaziabad, but has been absconding since February 2019. Others include members and associates of Bhati gang.
Senior police officers at the DGP headquarters said that the ED was taking cognisance of the top gangsters, while citing the example of Vikas Dubey. On the other hand, ED confirmed to TOI that they were seeking details of most-wanted gangsters in the state. The sources also said that police have been asked also to give details of associates of gangsters.