`10 note used to identify receivers of cash Cops bust hawala racket

the cash as directed by two persons Ankit Patel and Amit N. Mehta of Gujarat.

Hyderabad city police commissioner Anjani Kumar said, “The duo was carrying the cash to deliver to unidentified persons in the city based on the directions provided by their ‘bosses’, according to what the accused claimed. They revealed the names of their bosses as Ankit and Amit, whose names had earlier surfaced during the probe by the city police in similar cases.”

Accused Bhavesh and Suresh were carrying a `10 note to authenticate the receivers of the hawala cash.

This has been a common mode of identification and authentication of the receivers by the couriers, said the commissioner. Answering a query, commissioner Anjani Kumar said, “So far we have not identified any link that the money was being delivered to any politicallyaffiliated persons. Further probe on the origin and delivery of cash will be done by the Income Tax officials.”

Another police official said, “Three months ago, Bhavesh and Suresh delivered the cash in the city. This is their second operation. They are given a torn `10 note and directed to travel to various places in the city to deliver the cash. The couriers will authenticate the receivers of the hawala cash with the other half of the torn note and look if the piece of note has a code matching with the piece in their possession.”