Big relief to Mohammad Kasif from SC, used to cheat crores of rupees by being close to PM Modi

New Delhi:Mohammad Kasif, the main accused who cheated people by calling himself a special person of the country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Union Ministers, has got a big relief from the Supreme Court. The country’s top court has accepted the bail plea of ​​Kasif, who has been behind bars for the last three years in the money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate.

Bail application was rejected

The division bench of Justice MM Sundaresh and Justice N Kotishwar Singh completely canceled the old order of the Allahabad High Court, under which the bail application of the accused was rejected.

three years in custody

Mohammad Kasif has been in judicial custody for almost three years. Apart from this, the court also found that according to the investigation of the Enforcement Directorate, the amount of alleged ‘money earned from crime’ involved in this entire case is approximately Rs 1.10 crore. Keeping all these factors in mind, the court granted conditional bail to the accused.

Demand for cancellation of bail

If Kasif violates the bail conditions or fails to cooperate in the ongoing investigation and trial proceedings, the Enforcement Directorate will have the liberty to directly approach the trial court and seek cancellation of his bail.

fraud worth crores

According to the central investigation agency ED, Mohammad Kasif had posted his morphed or edited pictures with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many other Union ministers on social media to influence people. Through these photographs, he wanted to show himself as a very close and influential person in the society to big politicians and top government officials.

trick of getting a job

Using this false influence, he defrauded many unemployed youth of crores of rupees in the name of getting them government jobs, allotting government contracts to businessmen and getting the pending work done in various government departments. In its action, ED had recovered cash amounting to more than Rs 1.10 crore from locations linked to Kasif.

How did the matter start?

This entire matter is basically related to an FIR registered in Surajpur police station of Gautam Buddha Nagar, Noida, Uttar Pradesh. In this FIR, various serious sections of fraud, forgery and IT Act were imposed against Kasif.

Investigation into money laundering case

On the basis of this case, ED had registered an ECIR in April 2023 to investigate money laundering, after which Kasif was taken into custody on 25 May 2023. Earlier, the Allahabad High Court had rejected his bail plea saying that the trial in the lower court was progressing in the right direction and there was no delay on the part of the prosecution.