Terror funding case handed over to ATS says Walse-Patil refutes allegation of attempt to hush up
Mumbai Mar 25 PTI Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil on Friday handed over a case related to an inter-state gang allegedly involved in terror funding to the Anti-Terrorism Squad ATS of the state police Making the announcement in the state Assembly he also denied Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis allegation that the case probed by Pune Police was being closed under somebodys pressureYou alleged it was a terror funding case and someone exerted pressure to stop the probethere is no question of anyone putting pressure the minister told FadnavisThe matter is being probedas usual you demanded a CBI probe How many cases will the CBI probe But I am handing over the probe to the ATS and we will take action if there is any terror connection Walse-Patil saidHe also informed the House that the government has declared Deputy Commissioner of Police Saurabh Tripathi who is facing allegations of extorting money from angadiyas couriers in the name of Income Tax department as abscondingFadnavis had also alleged on Thursday that retired Mumbai police officer Ishaq Bagwan had got a piece of land through a gift deed from the son of Farid Mohammed Ali Welder who was named as an accomplice of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahims brother Ibrahim Kaskar in a caseThe BJP leader had also submitted to Walse-Patil a pen drive of a sting operation in this connectionThe official from the minority community retired in 2009 If we are levelling allegations against him in 2022I will take detailed information and take appropriate decision the minister said on FridayTalking about the suspension of DCP Tripathi BJP MLA Ashish Shelar on Wednesday had wondered whether a conspiracy was being hatched to defame the IT department which is a central agencyDismissing the allegation Walse-Patil said it was Mumbai Police which took the initiative and arrested three other policemenWe will not spare anyone The government suspended Saurabh Tripathi and today he has been declared absconding He is not available The government is searching for him the home minister saidWalse-Patil who belongs to the NCP also hit out at the BJP over the arrest of minister and fellow party leader Nawab Malik in a money laundering case allegedly linked to Dawood IbrahimWhat was Malik doing He was speaking firmly against the Union governments wrong decisions A conspiracy was hatched to defame him the home minister allegedThe BJP did not seek to link Malik to Dawood Ibrahim when the NCP leader was elected to Assembly five times but when he spoke out against the Union government such allegations were levelled Walse-Patil saidYou may think you will benefit from such politics of defaming But you wont I am sure Malik will emerge innocent the minister said PTI ENM KRK KRK
Mumbai Mar 25 PTI Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil on Friday handed over a case related to an inter-state gang allegedly involved in terror funding to the Anti-Terrorism Squad ATS of the state police Making the announcement in the state Assembly he also denied Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis allegation that the case probed by Pune Police was being closed under somebodys pressureYou alleged it was a terror funding case and someone exerted pressure to stop the probethere is no question of anyone putting pressure the minister told FadnavisThe matter is being probedas usual you demanded a CBI probe How many cases will the CBI probe But I am handing over the probe to the ATS and we will take action if there is any terror connection Walse-Patil saidHe also informed the House that the government has declared Deputy Commissioner of Police Saurabh Tripathi who is facing allegations of extorting money from angadiyas couriers in the name of Income Tax department as abscondingFadnavis had also alleged on Thursday that retired Mumbai police officer Ishaq Bagwan had got a piece of land through a gift deed from the son of Farid Mohammed Ali Welder who was named as an accomplice of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahims brother Ibrahim Kaskar in a caseThe BJP leader had also submitted to Walse-Patil a pen drive of a sting operation in this connectionThe official from the minority community retired in 2009 If we are levelling allegations against him in 2022I will take detailed information and take appropriate decision the minister said on FridayTalking about the suspension of DCP Tripathi BJP MLA Ashish Shelar on Wednesday had wondered whether a conspiracy was being hatched to defame the IT department which is a central agencyDismissing the allegation Walse-Patil said it was Mumbai Police which took the initiative and arrested three other policemenWe will not spare anyone The government suspended Saurabh Tripathi and today he has been declared absconding He is not available The government is searching for him the home minister saidWalse-Patil who belongs to the NCP also hit out at the BJP over the arrest of minister and fellow party leader Nawab Malik in a money laundering case allegedly linked to Dawood IbrahimWhat was Malik doing He was speaking firmly against the Union governments wrong decisions A conspiracy was hatched to defame him the home minister allegedThe BJP did not seek to link Malik to Dawood Ibrahim when the NCP leader was elected to Assembly five times but when he spoke out against the Union government such allegations were levelled Walse-Patil saidYou may think you will benefit from such politics of defaming But you wont I am sure Malik will emerge innocent the minister said PTI ENM KRK KRK
