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NEW DELHI, MAY 24: The crime branch of the city police claim to have unearthed the link between the ISI of Pakistan and the Dubai underworld in pumping fake currency and arms into India. Four persons were arrested and counterfeit fake Rs 500 notes amounting to Rs 4.18 lakh were seized last night.
The Inter-State Cell of the Crime Branch arrested Anil Soni of Mumbai, and Devinder Singh of Jalandhar, from Daryaganj on May 19 and recovered 16 Rs-500 notes counterfeit notes from their possession, DCP Crime P K Srivastava said this afternoon. He added that the two were interrogated thoroughly by the investigators and they revealed the names of Abid, another Mumbai resident living in Lakshmi Nagar and Javed, a dhaba owner in North-East Delhi. Abid was arrested from Nizammudin last night and Javed was picked up at his instance, police said.
The Rs 500 notes seized are suspected to have been printed by the ISI of Pakistan. The quality of the currency notes, police said 8220;is very good8221; and can not be distinguished by the common man easily.
DCP Srivastava, while displaying the seized currency, said that the police had to consult experts before they could say with certainty that the notes were fake. The notes also carry the water-mark, usually not found in fake currency seized so far in New Delhi, ACP Ravi Shankar, who headed the operation said.The arrests, Srivastava said, have blown the lid off the links between the Dubai underworld and the ISI of Pakistan. He added that the fake currency was sourced by the ISI and routed to India through the border using carriers working for Dawood8217;s men.
Interrogations have also revealed that Abid was involved in threatening a Jor Bagh-based businessman for extortions on the behest of Bukti. Srivastava said that the arrest of Devinder Singh, allegedly a petty local goon and pick-pocket, also points out at the Dubai mafia recruiting small-time criminals 8220;at the grass-roots level8221; to further their operations in New Delhi and Mumbai. Saleem is a resident of Matia Mahal while Nabi, who was earlier a small-time goon in Patna, moved to New Delhi and started committing petty crimes, he added.
Pak firm gets mafia to scare Indian defaulter
A nationalised financial institution of Pakistan which failed to recover the money it loaned to a businessman from New Delhi allegedly approached the Dubai mafia, through the ISI Pakistan, to recover the money, police officials said today.
A prominent businessman, now living in Jor Bagh, had lived in Dubai for nearly 20 years where he borrowed money from individuals and financial institutions including the one from Pakistan, DCP Crime P K Srivastava said. He added that the man8217;s business in Dubai ran into losses and he still has to repay loans to the tune of about Rs 25 Crore. 8220;After the legal channels of realisation of money failed, the Pakistani financial institution approached the ISI to recover the money through Dubai. Aftab Butki asked his men in New Delhi Abid, Nabi and another associate to recover the money,8221; Srivastava added.
The official revealed that the three had receed the businessman8217;s house in Jor Bagh and his Tilak Nagar factory and even fired a shot outside the hosue two months ago to scare him. The police added that the businessman had made two complaints regarding the extortion threats made to him by the three.
The businessman was not available for comment at his Jor Bagh house this evening.
