ED arrests 2 associates of Iqbal Mirchi

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has launched a big crack down on assets (movable and immovable) acquired by crime syndicates across the country.
In a first step, the ED has arrested two associates of late Iqbal Mirchi, who was a close accomplice of underworld fugitive Dawood Ibrahim, for facilitating a land deal worth Rs 200 crore.
The accused, who were in from Mumbai, have been identified as Haroon Yusuf and Ranjit Singh Bindra.
Sources said that Bindra acted as a broker for the land deal while Yusuf transferred the money to a trust and facilitated the deal. The two will be produced before a concerned court in Mumbai.
Memon Iqbal Mohammed alias Iqbal Mirchi was wanted by the police in a dozen cases of murder, attempt to murder, criminal intimidation, extortion and drug trafficking in Mumbai.
However, he was not an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts.