The Pune police have approached the Enforcement Directorate, seeking action under the PMLA over the suspected illegal assets of gangster Nilesh Ghaywal, who fled to the UK even as he was booked in a firing incident, an official said, reported news agency PTI.

Ghaywal`s associates allegedly shot and injured a man and attacked another with a sharp weapon in a road rage incident in the Kothrud area of Pune in September, according to the police.

He faces numerous cases, including murder, extortion, assault, illegal possession of weapons (Arms Act), and fraud related to obtaining a passport.

“Our probe has found Ghaywal played a role in various transactions and land deals. We have written to the Enforcement Directorate about his illicit wealth, multiple bank accounts and several firms that he is associated with,” Deputy Commissioner of Police Sambhaji Kadam said on Monday, reported PTI.

“He has made several land deals in various locations in the state. Many documents regarding illegal properties in and around the Pune district as well as of Ahilyanagar have been seized. We have asked ED that this case be considered for action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA),” Kadam said, reported PTI.

The Kothrud police last week invoked provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against Ghaywal.

The Pune police have slapped the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) on fugitive gangster Nilesh Ghaywal, against whom multiple cases are pending, an official said, reported news agency PTI.

Ghaywal`s associates had allegedly shot and injured a man and attacked another with a sharp weapon in a road rage incident in the Kothrud area of Pune in September.

He faces numerous cases, including murder, extortion, assault, illegal possession of weapons (Arms Act), and fraud related to obtaining a passport.

The Kothrud police on Wednesday invoked provisions of the MCOCA against the city-based gangster, the official said, reported PTI.

The British High Commission in India last month confirmed that Ghaywal is in London on a `visitor` visa, and also informed the UK authorities back home about the revocation of his passport, police earlier said.

The Pune police had suspected that Ghaywal was in the United Kingdom. Hence, they contacted the British High Commission seeking his detention and deportation.

The gangster is believed to have fled India by fraudulently obtaining a passport.

(With inputs from PTI)

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