LUCKNOW, May 4 -- Former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLC Haji Iqbal alias Bala, who has several criminal cases registered against him and is facing several investigations, including one by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case, is likely to be declared the second fugitive economic offender (FEO) from Uttar Pradesh.

Lucknow special court of PMLA cases on April 30 declared UP relator Rashid Naseem, the main promoter of Shine City Group, as the first FEO from Uttar Pradesh on the request of the ED. Around 10 people, including liquor baron Vijay Mallya and diamond merchant Nirav Modi, have been declared fugitive economic offenders by courts since 2018.

A senior ED official said the ED Lucknow uni...