Hawala gang busted; 3 held

8220;The modus operandi of the hawala operators was simple yet audacious,8221; Yadav said, adding that Gurmukh would normally receive faxed instructions about recipients of money and they were duly paid, following which relatives of these recipients would pay Gurmukh8217;s contact man in Canada the foreign currency.

The Goraya police arrested a duo of cheats who used to defraud the people by promising to double their money.

While Rs 50,000 was recovered from their possession, another Rs 6 lakh was recovered from a room rented by them in Daleta village.

More such gangs have to come to light during their interrogation and further arrests were expected.