Gangster Mukhtar Ansari's difficulties are going to increase further in Banda Jail. In the inquiry of the Income Tax Department, his close friend Ganesh Dutt Mishra has revealed many secrets. Assets worth more than Rs 200 crore were detected not only in the district and state but also in other provinces. The department's land attachment action against Mukhtar and his gang members is part of Operation Panther.
Ganeshdutt Mishra, a close aide of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari informed the Income Tax Department of Ansari’s illicit assets worth more than Rs 200 crore in several districts of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Delhi. The department’s land attachment action against Mukhtar Ansari and his gang members is part of ‘Operation Panther’ launched by the government agency earlier this year.
According to sources, apart from UP, most of Mukhtar’s 50 benami properties in Punjab, Delhi are in the name of Ganeshdutt Mishra and other members of Ansari’s gang in which the investment was made by Mukhtar Ansari. The investigation by the Income Tax department has also found fraud in the transactions of these properties.
Ganeshdutt Mishra was arrested on June 20 by Ghazipur Police and was handed over to the Income Tax Department for interrogation in Lucknow. According to the department, Ansari’s real estate business was looked after by Ganeshdutt. So far the department has confiscated property worth more than Rs 20 crore in the district.
Under Operation Panther, three properties in Rajdepur Dehati and one in Kapoorpur Mauja were attached on October 12, which cost Rs 14.20 crore. In this case, the Income Tax team had issued notices to Ganeshdutt several times. An explanation was sought regarding this benami property, to which Ganeshdutt did not respond. Following this, the city Kotwali police arrested him after a non-bailable warrant was issued to apprehend him.