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February 6
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Haridwar/Haridwar District
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The NIA team arrested a hawala (illegal
money transfers) operative named Abdul Samad in connection to
the LeT activities in India from Haridwar in Haridwar District
of Uttarakhand. Abdul Samad was produced before the designated
court. The court sends him to the NIA custody of six days, said
an unnamed NIA official. Allegedly, Abdul Samad is a prominent
hawala operative whose activities area included Muzaffarnagar,
Deoband, in Uttar Pradesh and Roorkee in Uttarakhand. He also
acted as a channel for a LeT financer based in Saudi Arabia,
said an unnamed NIA Spokesperson. In November 2017, Abdul Samad
collected INR 5.50 Lakh from hawala operators in Muzaffarnagar
(Uttar Pradesh) to deliver it to Shaikh/Sheikh Abdul Naeem/Nayeem,
an active LeT member. Shaikh visited and established bases in
Bihar, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and J&K on the directions of his
handler Abdul alias Rehan based in Pakistan, said an unnamed
NIA official.
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Non-Violent
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May 23 |
Didihat/Pithoragarh District
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The Uttar Pradesh ATS arrested a man-Ramesh
Singh Kanyal (43) from Didihat in Pithoragarh District of Uttarakhand
for allegedly sharing sensitive information with Pakistan's
ISI. Ramesh was produced in the Court and was sent to ATS custody.
Kanyal was serving as a cook to an unnamed Indian Diplomat in
Pakistan during 2015 to 2017 and was approached by the ISI operatives
who promised him to pay for sharing information related to the
National Security. Kanyal bugged the house of the Diplomat to
get the information that ISI needed. Acting upon the Intelligence
inputs shared by the Indian Army, the ATS team arrested Kanyal
and recovered a cellular SIM card and a Pakistan-made cellular
phone from his possession. The case has been registered in Uttar
Pradesh.
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Non-Violent
(Arrest) |