Hyderabad, Jan 28 (NationPress) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has submitted a prosecution complaint in a court located in Telangana against ten individuals involved in the forceful seizure and sale of land and properties linked to gangster Nayeemuddin and his accomplices, requesting the confiscation of 91 properties, according to a statement released by the agency on Wednesday.

The ED's Hyderabad Zonal Office submitted the complaint to the MSJ Court in Rangareddy district, targeting individuals including Pasham Srinivas, Haseena Begum, Mohammed Thahera Begum, Mohammed Saleema Begum, Mohammed Abdul Saleem, Ahela Begum, Syed Nilofar, Firdous Anjum, Mohammed Arif, and Heena Kousar under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

The central agency stated on Wednesday that the court has acknowledged the prosecution complaint.

Infamous gangster and former Maoist Nayeemuddin, known as Nayeem, met his end in an encounter with law enforcement at Shadnagar near Hyderabad on August 8, 2016.

The ED's investigation commenced based on an FIR lodged by the Telangana Police against individuals including Md. Abdul Faheem, Haseena Begum, Srinivas, Md. Abdul Nasir, Thumma Srinivas, B. Shravan Kumar, and Sathish Reddy related to the forceful occupation and sale of land by Nayeemuddin and his group.

Additionally, the ED received a reference from the Income Tax Department concerning actions taken under the Prohibition of Benami Property & Transaction Act, 1988 against Khaja Nayeemuddin, also known as Nayeem, Haseena Begum, Tahera Begum, and others, based on information from a Special Investigation Team (SIT) established by the Telangana government to investigate the unlawfully acquired properties of Nayeemuddin and his associates.

The investigation by the ED revealed that Nayeemuddin, along with his associates and family, engaged in coercive registration of properties from various individuals by threatening them and their families.

Their method involved identifying properties, then intimidating the owners into selling or transferring them to the names of Nayeemuddin’s associates or family members. If property owners resisted, they resorted to abductions or threats to compel them to register these properties at the Sub-Registrar Offices, according to the ED.

The PMLA investigation disclosed that 91 properties were forcibly registered under the names of Nayeemuddin’s family members and associates. These properties are considered Proceeds of Crime and are subject to attachment under the PMLA, leading to potential confiscation by the central government.

However, since the Income Tax Department had already attached these properties under the Prohibition of Benami Property & Transaction Act, 1988, the ED did not attach them during its investigation under the PMLA.

The ED's prosecution complaint has requested the confiscation of these attached properties to the central government.