Lucknow: The directorate of enforcement (ED), Allahabad sub-zonal office on Thursday provisionally attached immovable property worth Rs 11.07 crore owned by former MLA of Bhadohi constituency Vijay Mishra and his wife Ram Lali Mishra, a former MLC of Uttar Pradesh, under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The property attached is commercial in nature and situated at Jasola, New Delhi.
The ED initiated investigation based on an FIR lodged with the Handia police station in Prayagraj by the vigilance department. Dated chargesheets have been filed by UP police under sections of the Prevention and Corruption Act, against Vijay and his wife for accumulating assets disproportionate to their known source of income, including movable and immovable properties to the tune of Rs 36.07 crore while working as public servants.
This property was purchased under the joint name of family members, relatives and paper companies in 2010 by way of layering and laundering the money via multiple paper entities. The ED investigation revealed that Vijay, who has been a history-sheeter of Bhadohi, also runs a mafia gang. Vijay has been involved in criminal activities for four decades and 83 FIRs have been lodged against him for serious offences.
Two days ago, Bhadohi police had attached two properties worth over Rs 17 crore belonging to Vijay’s daughter Sima and a gang member Manish Mishra in Prayagraj under the Gangster Act.
A sessions court in Bhadohi district had also convicted Vijay in a rape case in 2023.
