PRESS NOTE……TWO HELD IN HAWALA MONEY RACKET &…………
TWO HELD IN HAWALA MONEY RACKET &
SIEZURE OF ILLEGALLY CIRCULATING AMOUNT OF Rs. 97,00,000/-, ONE HONDA ACTIVA, & THREE MOBILE PHONES
On 21-11-2018 in the night hours on credible information, Sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force, North Zone Team along with Mahankali Police have intercepted Honda Activa Reg No. TS12EC 3783 carrying huge cash and busted an illegal Hawala Money Transfer Racket near RP Road X road, Secunderabad and apprehended 2 accused persons 1)Mohd. Siddiq Ahmed, Occ. Owner of Ahamad Tours & Travels and Western Union business & 2) Mohammed Muneer, Occ Arabic Tutor and seized Rs. 97,00,000/- ( Ninety Seven Lakhs), along with one Honda Activa Reg. TS12EC 3783, three mobile phones from the possession of accused persons in Cr.No. 194/2018, U/Sec. 171(B), 420 IPC & 120(B) IPC of Mahankali PS.
NAME OF ACCUSED PERSONS :-
Mohd. Siddiq Ahmed S/o. Late Shaik Ahmed, age. 40 yrs, Occ. Owner of Ahamad Tours & Travels and Western Union business C/o. 20-3-605, main road, Hussainialam, R/o. H.No. 19-2-137/B/70, Kalapathar, Hyderabad, (Hawala Money delivery agent )
Mohammed Muneer S/o. Mohammed Habeeb, age. 40 yrs, occ. Arabic tutor R/o. H.No. 20-3-787, Shagunj, Hussainialam, Hyderabad, Cell no. 9346387099 (Associate of Mohd. Siddiq Ahmed )
SEIZED MATERIAL :-
1. Hawala money Rs. 97,00,000/- ( Ninety seven Lakh rupees)
2. Honda Activa Reg no. TS12EC 3783 ( Used to transport Hawala money)
3. Three mobile phones
BRIEF FACTS OF THE CASE:-
The Mohd. Siddiq Ahmed, aged about 40 yrs is residing at Kalapathar, Hyderabad. He is running Ahamad Tours & Travels and Western Union business at H.No. 20-3-605, main road, Hussainialam, Hyderabad from ten years. He used to receive and deliver the Hawala money on commission basis on the guise of Western Union Business under instructions of another accused Faheem (Hawala operator) R/o. Hussainialam.
The accused Mohammed Muneer, aged about 40 yrs, is residing at Shagunj, Hussainialam, Hyderabad is a Arabic tutor and accompany with Mohd. Siddiq Ahmed in the transporting of Hawala money.
Modus operandi:-
The accused Mohd. Siddiq Ahmed is running Ahamed Tours and Travel Business & Western Union money from last ten years, but his earnings are not sufficient to maintain luxurious life. To gain easy money in illegal ways hatched a plan to running Hawala agency business on commission basis to gain easy money illegally. Accordingly five months back he came into close with one Hawala operator by name Faheem, Occ. Real estate Business R/o. Hussainialam on commission basis at the rate of 0.6 per cent to 0.8 percent and developed contacts with other illegal Hawala brokers across India, particularly in metropolitan cities and used to communicate with others through messaging app Whatsapp by maintaining a code of identification with unique currency serial number on currency notes. Since then, the accused organising illegal Hawala money transfer business clandestinely.
Faheem (Hawala operator) used to guide the accused Mohd. Siddiq Ahmed on phone from where to collect the cash and where to hand over it. Recently the accused engaged one sub-agent by name Mohammed Muneer R/o. Shagunj, Hussainialam, Hyderabad, he accompany with the accused in transporting of the hawala amount and paying commission to him.
Accordingly on 21-11-2018 in the night hours the Hawala operator Faheem instructed the accused persons to collect the Hawala money from one Rajesh, at SP Road, secunderabad. As per his instructions the accused persons Mohd. Siddiq Ahmed & Mohammed Muneer reached at SP Road on their Honda Activa Reg no. TS12EC 3783 and collected cash amounting about Rs. 97, 00,000/- which kept in a bag , while they were returning on their Honda Activa, on the way when they reached near RP Road X road, Secunderabad, the police officials laid a trap and intercepted their vehicle and apprehended them along with the Bag containing Hawala amount.
Seized 1).Hawala amount Rs. 97,00,000/- ( Ninety seven Lakhs), 2). Honda Activa Reg no. TS12EC 3783, 3). Three mobile phones from the possession of above accused persons.
The apprehended accused persons along with seized material were handed over to SHO, Mahankali PS for further investigation.
The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad city got an input and movement of huge quantity of cash. He planned the operation with Sri P Radhakishan Rao, Dy. Commissioner of Police, Commissioner’s Task Force, Hyderabad , Sri. K.Nageswar Rao, Inspector of Police, Task Force, North Zone, Sri Varla Jayapal Reddy, Inspector of Police of PS Mahankali, who is the Investigation Officer of the above crime along with the assistance of North Zone Task Force, has succeeded in apprehending the (2) accused persons along with the seized Hawala amounts mentioned above.
Dy.Commissioner of Police,