The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has lodged a prosecution complaint against 10 individuals in Telangana for their involvement in the forceful occupation and sale of land and properties by gangster Nayeemuddin and his associates. The ED sought the confiscation of 91 properties in connection with the case. The accused include Pasham Srinivas, Haseena Begum, Mohammed Thahera Begum, and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The ED’s Hyderabad Zonal Office submitted the prosecution complaint to the MSJ Court in Rangareddy district. The court has acknowledged the complaint. Nayeemuddin, also known as Nayeem, a notorious gangster and renegade Maoist, was killed in a police encounter near Hyderabad in 2016. The ED’s investigation stemmed from a FIR filed by the Telangana Police against several individuals for land grabbing activities linked to Nayeemuddin.
The ED’s probe revealed that Nayeemuddin and his accomplices, through coercion and threats, illegally registered properties under their names. They would intimidate property owners to sell or transfer their properties. If resisted, they resorted to abduction and coercion at Sub-Registrar Offices for property registration. A total of 91 properties were illicitly registered in the names of Nayeemuddin’s family and associates, identified as proceeds of crime under the PMLA.
Despite the attachment of these properties by the Income Tax Department under the Benami Property Act, the ED did not attach them during its investigation. The ED has requested the confiscation of these attached properties to the Central government in the prosecution complaint.
