Feds raided homes of two of Mayor Adams’ Muslim community liaisons on same day

Ahsan Chughtai, a erstwhile Muslim assemblage liaison to Mayor Adams who was fired past week, had his Staten Island location raided by national and metropolis authorities this summer, sources told the Daily News precocious Tuesday.

The sources said FBI and metropolis Department of Investigation agents visited Chughtai’s location successful Great Kills connected July 24 — the aforesaid time feds besides searched the residence of Mohamed Bahi, a 2nd ex-Muslim assemblage liaison to Adams.

Bahi resigned Monday from his City Hall post. On Tuesday, Bahi was hit with transgression charges alleging helium destroyed grounds and tampered with witnesses successful the national corruption probe that resulted successful Adams’ indictment past period connected charges that helium solicited bribes and amerciable run contributions from Turkish authorities operatives and others successful speech for governmental favors.

It’s unclear if the Chughtai raid — archetypal reported by the quality outlet The City — was connected to the probe that resulted successful charges against Bahi and Adams.

Chughtai, whose Sept. 30 firing was first reported Monday by The News, didn’t instrumentality a petition for remark Tuesday, nor did Adams’ office, which has declined to divulge a crushed for Chughtai’s termination. The Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, which is prosecuting Adams and Bahi, declined to comment, arsenic did the FBI and the city’s Department of Investigation.

The charges against Bahi allege helium directed Toleb Mansurov, a operation institution proprietor and Uzbek assemblage leader, to prevarication to national authorities astir funneling amerciable straw donations to Adams’ 2021 run via 4 employees.

Adams’ indictment contains references to Mansurov, alleging the politician knowingly “solicited and received” amerciable donations from him.

The mayor’s indictment besides alleges 2 “Adams employees” — 1 of whom has been identified arsenic Bahi — helped Mansurov acceptable up the amerciable donations. The 2nd worker who helped Mansurov hasn’t been identified, but some that idiosyncratic and Bahi are referred to successful Adams’ indictment arsenic “liaisons” to Mansurov’s assemblage who worked arsenic “volunteers” for Adams’ 2021 run earlier joining City Hall.

A root straight acquainted with the substance told The News that Bahi and Chughtai served arsenic Muslim assemblage surrogates for Adams’ 2021 campaign.

With Molly Crane-Newman