Rs 1.35 crore hawala cash robbery in Bengaluru

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1.35 crore had  been robbed  from a middleman working for a hawala racket.Kalasipalya police has arrested him and recovered rs 51 lakhs  from the accused, while eight more accused are still not found.

Mohammed Basheer, 29, George P.S., 40, Vivek P.K. alias Susu and Davis V.V., 41  the guilty are identified and arrested four of them belong to Kerala

Lateef, 29, who is from Palakkad in Kerala, had approached the Kalasipalya police and complained that he was robbed of Rs 1.35 on 9 January by the gang of people. he didnt tell details of the money but later Lateef  admitted that he was working for a    hawala operator in Kerala  and the money ws for hawala Transactions he had kept Rs 50 lakh at Paradise Lodge on Kalasipalya Main Road, where he was staying and had gone out to collect another ` 85 lakh.

“When he was returning to his room, a gang of men had threatened him and robbed him of Rs 85 lakh. They also asked him to take them to the lodge as they were observing his movements since morning and knew that he had kept cash in the room. Without any resistance, Lateef had taken two of them to his room, who robbed the money and left. Later, Lateef filed the complaint,” the police said.

information was gathered by the police how people knew about the money of Lateef  and also information of the racket was gathered

“Basheer was picked up for questioning, but he claimed innocence. He was kept under watch and it was revealed that he was in contact with a notorious gang of robbers in Kerala. When he was again picked up and grilled, he told us that he had set up the robbery gang and passed on information about Lateef’s movements. Based on his information, three others were arrested. We are trying to trace the other eight accused who are absconding,” the police said.

After solving the case of robbery the police further proceeded the investigation of the racket and  asked Lateef about the information of the money and the complete documents of  the cash and would be taken incharge for the illegal money

“Investigations so far have revealed that the gang was collecting money from various businessmen in the city and was taking it to Kerala, from where it reached other states,” an official said.

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