Hyderabad: A massive amount of Rs 7.51 crore to be reportedly used for suborn the voters was seized from four hawala operators by the Commissioner’s Task Force team on Wednesday.
The four persons caught along with the cash were identified as Ashish Kumar Ahuja, 23, of Naveennagar; Mohd Azam, 31,of Bahadurpura; Sunil Kumar Ahuja, 50, of Naveennagar and Bahbut Singh Raj Purohit, 46 of Ghoshamahal.
Mr. Anjani Kumar Commisioner of Police hyderabad city said that the Hawala Operators were working and are planning to distribute crores of Rupees in Telangana. This money is coming from other States and abroad through Hawala channels illegally for use in upcoming Legislative Assembly Elections in Telangana state.
On a specific input the city police had planned the operation and caught the four persons at three different places. The police seized one Volvo car, a revolver, cash counting machines and mobile phones from the accused persons , Commissioner of Police Hyderabad, Anjani Kumar said.
“The amounts have been transferred online into the accounts of Shell Companies of Hawala Operators. To facilitate this, Hawala Operators have fabricated documents, given false declarations to open such Bank accounts and thereby cheating the banks and the government, he said.
He added that the money would have been used for bribing the voters involved in the election process. “The amount was meant to be delivered to some political leaders, the Commissioner said. The police said that the .32 NP bore revolver belongs to brother of Sumeet Singh.
The case is being transferred to the Central Crime Station and will be investigated further by an officials of ACP rank.
The seizure details are being intimated to the Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax Department so that they can examine the trail of financial transactions and involvement of Shell companies.
