New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate’s Hyderabad zonal office has lodged a prosecution complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, against the late gangster Khwaja Naimuddin, also known as Naim, along with his family members and associates. The complaint was filed in the MSJ Court, Rangareddy district, Telangana, which took cognisance on 21 January 2026.
The complaint names Pasham Srinivas, Hasina Begum, Mohammad Tahira Begum, Mohammad Salima Begum, Mohammad Abdul Salim, Ahela Begum, Syed Nilofar, Firdous Anjum, Mohammad Arif, and Heena Kausar as accused. ED’s investigation revealed that Naimuddin and his accomplices forcibly took control of lands by identifying properties, threatening owners with death, abducting them, and coercing sub-registrar offices to register forced sale deeds. The original owners received no payment and feared filing complaints with the police due to intimidation.
This probe is based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered by Telangana Police, in which Mohammad Abdul Faheem, Hasina Begum, Pasham Srinivas, Mohammad Abdul Nasir, Thumma Srinivas, B. Shravan Kumar, and Satish Reddy were named accused. The Income Tax Department also provided information about action taken under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988, against Naimuddin, Hasina Begum, Tahira Begum, and others. Additionally, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Telangana Government investigated Naimuddin’s illegal properties.
The investigation uncovered that Pasham Srinivas, a close associate of Naimuddin, forcibly registered a total of 91 properties in the names of Naimuddin’s family and associates. These properties are considered proceeds of crime under the PMLA and are liable for confiscation by the central government. Although these assets had already been attached by the Income Tax Department under the Benami Act, the ED has sought their seizure again in the complaint.
Khwaja Naimuddin was a notorious gangster from Hyderabad who was killed in a police encounter in 2016. His gang amassed properties worth hundreds of crores through land grabbing, abduction, threats, and other criminal activities. The ED’s action marks a significant step toward curbing money laundering and confiscating the proceeds of crime linked to organised criminal networks.
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