ED to register money laundering case against Vikas Dubey's family, associates

Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to file a money laundering case and probe alleged illegal transactions and tainted assets created by dead gangster Vikas Dubey, his family members and associates, officials said on Saturday. y said ncy's zonal office in Luckw has written to Kanpur police in this context on July 6 seeking all FIRs and chargesheets filed against him and his linked persons and latest update in all se cases.

ED, y said, will soon file a complaint under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to probe criminal proceeds of crime that were allegedly generated by Dubey, his associates and family members and if this money was subsequently used for creation of illegal movable and immovable properties. It is alleged that Dubey, through his criminal activities, amassed wealth in his and his family's name, y said.

Over two dozen named and 'benami' assets linked to Dubey and his family in Uttar Pradesh and some adjoining areas, bank deposits and fixed deposit receipts are under scanner of central probe ncy, y said. Some police FIRs have been shared while some more information is being obtained by ncy, y said. It is also seeking details from or law enforcement ncies about possible undiclosed foreign assets of Dubey and ors apart from seeking details of accounts from various banks, y said.

y said even as Dubey is dead scheme of PMLA enables ncy to continue criminal probe against accomplices of prime accused in laundering proceeds of crime and properties acquired as a result of this criminal activity. Section 72 of PMLA provides for "continuation of proceedings in event of death or insolvency." Dubey, 47, was shot dead on Friday by a team of UP police special task force (STF) who claimed he was trying to flee after car carrying him from Ujjain overturned on an isolated stretch of highway on outskirts of Kanpur city.

Dubey, officials have said, has about 60 police FIRs registered against him including recent ambush killing of eight policemen after midnight on July 3 outside his home in Bikru vill under Chaubeypur police station area of Kanpur district. police party was going to arrest Dubey in connection with a criminal case filed against him when y were trapped and shot with heavy gunfire from rooftops by Dubey and his henchmen.