TERROR FUNDING NETWORK BUSTED, 4 HELD
LUCKNOW : In a major breakthrough, the Uttar Police on Thursday arrested four persons, who were channelizing money from Nepal into India for terrorist activities, from Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said on Friday. The arrests were made following a joint operation by cops from the Nighasan police station in Kheri and the crime branch. Those arrested have been identified as Umed Ali, Sanjay Agarwal, Araz Ali, all residents of Kheri, and Sameer Salmani, a native of Bareilly district. Cops also recovered ₹4.75 lakh in Indian currency, ₹1.35 lakh Nepalese currency and four cell phones from them. The arrested criminals were working on commission basis for converting Nepalese currency into Indian currency, police said.
LUCKNOW: In a major breakthrough, the Uttar Pradesh police on Thursday arrested four persons, who were channelizing money from Nepal into India for terrorist activities, from Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said on Friday.
The arrests were made following a joint operation by cops from the Nighasan police station in Kheri and the crime branch. Those arrested have been identified as Umed Ali, Sanjay Agarwal, Araz Ali, all residents of Kheri, and Sameer Salmani, a native of Bareilly. Cops also recovered ₹4.75 lakh in Indian currency, ₹1.35 lakh Nepalese currency and four cell phones from them. The arrested criminals were working on commission basis for converting Nepalese currency into Indian currency, police said.
“Preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested persons were working on the directives of Mumtaz Ahmad, Fahim, Sirazuddin and Sadakat Ali, all natives of Izzatnagar area of Bareilly,” DGP OP Singh told media persons on Friday. “They used to get money from foreign countries deposited in Nepalese bank accounts and used to pay account holders five percent commission,” Singh added. The group was active since last one and half years. “After withdrawing money from Nepalese banks, it was handed over to Umed Ali, Sanjay Agarwal, Araz Ali and Sameer Salmani at the Indian border. Their work was to convert the Nepalese currency into Indian currency for a commission,” Singh pointed out adding, “After converting the currency, it was handed back to Mumtaz and his three associates. Fahim and Sadakat Ali’s job was to handover the money to their handlers in New Delhi where it was being used for terrorist activities.”
The probe revealed that Nepal Rastra Bank, Janakpur branch, was hacked and ₹49 lakh in Nepalese currency was transferred into back accounts of Vijay Singh and Chandra Budda in Nepal. Both Singh and Budda had handed over this money to Umed, Sameer and Araz. The Nepalese police have arrested Singh and Budda. “The case has been transferred to the ATS,” said DK Thakur, additional DG, ATS.