VARANASI: Cantonment police arrested a history-sheeter Pervez on Sunday for providing shelter to his uncle Meraj Ahmed, a close aide of jailed mafia don and MLA
Mukhtar
Ansari. Meraj is absconding after being booked in a case of fraud and Arms Act.
SSP
Amit Pathak
said Pervez was arrested from his residence in Nadesar area of Cantonment for providing shelter to Meraj and helping him in escaping.
During initial questioning, Pervez confessed he got linked with Mukhtar through Meraj and used to extort money and grab property of people by using the terror of his uncle, said Pathak.
As many as 21 criminal cases are lodged against Pervez with
different police stations
in Varanasi and Jaunpur, said Pathak.
Pervez was also associated with mafia don Munna Bajrangi. Before nabbing Pervez, police had arrested Meraj’s brother Seraj Ahmed on Saturday.
Pervez came on the radar of police after it came to light that he had given shelter to Meraj, who is absconding after an FIR was lodged against him at
Jaitpura
police station for procuring arms licences on the basis of fake information and documents.
During investigation, police found that eight arms licences had been issued to Meraj’s family members, relatives, driver and personal security guard. The licences were cancelled and six arms were seized.
Meraj had come in limelight when he was booked under Section 3 (4) of the
Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) with Mukhtar, Bajrangi and
Iftekhar Ahmed
for being a member of an organised crime syndicate by the Special Cell of Delhi Police in 2009 for threatening a South Delhi businessman to extort money.
They were, however, acquitted in 2016 due to lack of evidence.
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