Two arrested with Rs 30 lakh hawala money
Times of India: Sleuths of the crime branch, Pune rural police, have arrested two people allegedly involved in transferring as many as Rs 30 lakh through hawala network. The suspects have been arrested from a Mumbai-bound private luxury bus near Pune.
The police have identified the suspects as Kanubhai Pradhanji Thakur (37) and Rajesh Umeshbhai Patel (30), both residents of Ahmedabad, Gujarath. The duo was on their way to Mumbai from Kolhapur. Acting on a tip-off, the police team led by senior inspector Bhausaheb Andhalkar has arrested the suspects after intercepting the bus near Pune.
“The suspects had kept the cash inside their specially made jackets,” Pratap Dighavkar, superintendent of police (Pune rural), told the media.
“The preliminary investigations have revealed that the cash was being transferred through hawala racket. Some bundles of currency notes were stamped with letter H’ and some others were stamped S’ on them,” Dighavkar added.
Dighavkar said that the police were trying to find the source of the hawala money recovered from the operators.
The duo has been arrested under section of CrPC 41 (1) and investigations are on to ascertain as to where the cash was going, Dighavkar said.
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