Terror funding case probed by Pune Police is being closed under pressure alleges Fadnavis
Mumbai Mar 24 PTI A case related to an inter-state gang involved in narcotics trade sex trafficking and terror funding which the Pune police was probing is being closed under somebodys pressure Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis alleged on ThursdaySome members of this gang were linked to Salim Merchant an aide of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim the BJP leader alleged in the AssemblyThe case should be handed over to the National Investigation Agency or CBI as the gangs network was spread across eight states he saidPune Police stumbled on this case when probing another matter in September 2020 Fadnavis saidThe former Maharashtra chief minister also gave the names of some people who were allegedly part of the gangThey have more than 300 members and are operating in eight states and they are into narcotics sex trafficking and terror funding What do these people do They find dormant accounts in different banks prepare fake ids deposit money in these accounts and on the same day the money is withdrawn from other accounts in Jammu-Kashmir or Bengal Fadnavis saidThey know how the banking software works Hence the money is transferred before evening he addedPune Police were acting swiftly and at one point they had decided to arrest 100 people the BJP leader claimedI dont know who exactly exerted pressure The probe has stopped and now a closure report is being prepared he allegedI dont understand under what kind of pressure it is being closed Pune police were doing a good job and suddenly the work was stopped Hence there is a need to look into this Fadnavis saidFadnavis also submitted a pen drive to Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil saying it contains a sting operation of Nasir Bagwan brother of former Mumbai police officer Ishaq BagwanIshaq 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 Dawood Ibrahims brother Ibrahim Kaskar in a case Fadnavis claimedThe reason for giving the pen drive is that a political leader played middleman in this deal This is Nasir Bagwans sting operationHe speaks about how a leader from Mumbai went to Baramati and played the middleman Fadnavis saidThe leader Nasir Bagwan referred to was not from Baramati but from Mumbai the BJP leader addedFadnavis also said the state governments decision not to insist that minister Nawab Malik — arrested in an alleged money laundering case — should resign was tarnishing its imageIn his speech Fadnavis also launched a fusillade against the Shiv Sena-controlled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC alleging massive corruption in the cash-rich civic bodyInitially Rs 130 crore were found in the possession of the chairman of the BMCs standing committee That amount has gone up to Rs 300 crore People were dying due to COVID-19 But he purchased 38 properties in 24 months Fadnavis allegedHe alleged corruption in Covid centre tenders and the purchase of equipment and drugs like RemdesivirAnd if anyone raises these issues they are labelled as enemies of Maharashtra he said Special public prosecutor Pravin Chavan who resigned in the wake of the allegation of hatching a conspiracy to implicate BJP leaders continues as lawyer in many cases Fadnavis saidYou ordered CID probe in the matter and he Chavan is an advocate in several other CID cases the BJP leader added PTI ENM KRK KRK
Mumbai Mar 24 PTI A case related to an inter-state gang involved in narcotics trade sex trafficking and terror funding which the Pune police was probing is being closed under somebodys pressure Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly Devendra Fadnavis alleged on ThursdaySome members of this gang were linked to Salim Merchant an aide of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim the BJP leader alleged in the AssemblyThe case should be handed over to the National Investigation Agency or CBI as the gangs network was spread across eight states he saidPune Police stumbled on this case when probing another matter in September 2020 Fadnavis saidThe former Maharashtra chief minister also gave the names of some people who were allegedly part of the gangThey have more than 300 members and are operating in eight states and they are into narcotics sex trafficking and terror funding What do these people do They find dormant accounts in different banks prepare fake ids deposit money in these accounts and on the same day the money is withdrawn from other accounts in Jammu-Kashmir or Bengal Fadnavis saidThey know how the banking software works Hence the money is transferred before evening he addedPune Police were acting swiftly and at one point they had decided to arrest 100 people the BJP leader claimedI dont know who exactly exerted pressure The probe has stopped and now a closure report is being prepared he allegedI dont understand under what kind of pressure it is being closed Pune police were doing a good job and suddenly the work was stopped Hence there is a need to look into this Fadnavis saidFadnavis also submitted a pen drive to Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil saying it contains a sting operation of Nasir Bagwan brother of former Mumbai police officer Ishaq BagwanIshaq 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 Dawood Ibrahims brother Ibrahim Kaskar in a case Fadnavis claimedThe reason for giving the pen drive is that a political leader played middleman in this deal This is Nasir Bagwans sting operationHe speaks about how a leader from Mumbai went to Baramati and played the middleman Fadnavis saidThe leader Nasir Bagwan referred to was not from Baramati but from Mumbai the BJP leader addedFadnavis also said the state governments decision not to insist that minister Nawab Malik — arrested in an alleged money laundering case — should resign was tarnishing its imageIn his speech Fadnavis also launched a fusillade against the Shiv Sena-controlled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC alleging massive corruption in the cash-rich civic bodyInitially Rs 130 crore were found in the possession of the chairman of the BMCs standing committee That amount has gone up to Rs 300 crore People were dying due to COVID-19 But he purchased 38 properties in 24 months Fadnavis allegedHe alleged corruption in Covid centre tenders and the purchase of equipment and drugs like RemdesivirAnd if anyone raises these issues they are labelled as enemies of Maharashtra he said Special public prosecutor Pravin Chavan who resigned in the wake of the allegation of hatching a conspiracy to implicate BJP leaders continues as lawyer in many cases Fadnavis saidYou ordered CID probe in the matter and he Chavan is an advocate in several other CID cases the BJP leader added PTI ENM KRK KRK
