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Cattle smuggling: Delhi court sends Anubrata Mondal’s daughter to judicial custody

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New Delhi: A Delhi court on Sunday sent TMC leader Anubrata Mondal’s daughter Sukanya Mondal to judicial custody till May 12 in a money laundering case related to alleged cattle smuggling at the India-Bangladesh border.
The judge sent Sukanya to jail after she was produced before the court on expiry of her three-day custodial interrogation.
ED’s Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana told the court that the accused was not required for further investigation.

A primary school teacher in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, Sukanya Mondal was arrested on April 26 by the ED after questioning.
Her father is already in judicial custody in connection with the case.
The ED has filed two charge sheets in the cattle smuggling case till now and has attached assets worth a total of Rs 20.25 crore.
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April 30, 2023
Cattle smuggling: CBI summons Anubrata Mondal’s confidant Abdul Latif

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Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Abdul Latif, a close confidant of Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mondal, for questioning in connection with the alleged multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal.
Latif, who is currently out on interim bail, has been asked to be present at the office of CBI’s Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) in Kolkata on Tuesday (May 2), sources said.
It is learnt that Latif has been summoned for questioning regarding his alleged connection with a cattle-trading hub at Illambazar in Birbhum district, which is perceived to be the epicentre of the cattle smuggling case.

Latif has been named in the CBI charge sheet in this connection. Officially, Latif has multiple business interests including marble showroom, poultry farm, car showroom, petrol pump and hotel business, among others.
Soon after the CBI took over the investigation, Latif had gone absconding. Earlier this week, he surrendered before a special CBI court in Asansol, where the matter relating to the alleged cattle-smuggling scam is being heard, and secured an interim bail till May 6.
Recently, Latif’s name had also surfaced in the killing of coal trader and BJP leader Raju Jha, who was shot dead in East Burdwan district on April 1.
Jha was travelling along with his associate Brotin Bandopadhyay in a Toyota SUV registered in Latif’s name.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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April 29, 2023
One More Arrested In Rs 70 Cr Heroin Smuggling Case: Police

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SRINAGAR: Police on Friday arrested third accused in connection with recovery huge haul of heroin worth 70 crores in Srinagar district.
Police have already arrested two persons including a CRPF trooper in connection with the recovery of over 11 kilograms of heroin and recovery of cash 11,82500 at Rajbagh area of Srinagar.
A senior police officer said that third arrest was culminated in connection with case today and he identified the accused person as Rashid Kohli son of Late Satar Mohd Kohli resident of Amdohi Karnah Kupwara.
He said that preliminary investigations suggest that paramilitary trooper Sajad Ahmad Badana hailing from Karnah and posted with 160 BN of CRPF in Chatha, Satwari Jammu, is the main kingpin in the case.
“Further investigations are underway and entire nexus behind this will be unraveled,”.
Pertinently, ADGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar had said that it was part of cross-border smuggling,drugs have come from Pakistan. (GNS)

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April 7, 2023
Nuh police uses drones to survey hideouts of criminals involved in cow smuggling

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Nuh: The Nuh police on Tuesday used drones to survey five villages that allegedly house suspected hideouts of criminals involved in cow smuggling and slaughtering, officials said.
A police team also raided some houses of the suspects but they were found absconding, they said.
A senior police officer said that Nuh police has now started keeping surveillance with drone cameras to find out the hideouts of criminals involved in cow smuggling and cow slaughtering in villages of the district.

Apart from this, three special task forces are being formed. The list of criminals involved in cow smuggling and cow slaughtering in Nuh has been sent to every police station and the crime unit of Nuh police, said a police statement.
On Tuesday, a police team led by Satish Vats, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Firozpur Jhirka, surveyed five villages through the drone cameras. The team also raided the houses of suspects in these five villages.
A senior police officer said that no suspect was found at their homes as an atmosphere of fear was created among them and they fled.
“The Nuh police started monitoring with drone cameras,” said Nuh SP Varun Singla, adding locals are “also helping us a lot”.

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April 4, 2023
Three arrested for smuggling rare red boa snakes in UP

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Bijnor: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle two red sand boa snakes for sale from Pune to Moradabad.
The red sand boa is a snake listed as ‘near threatened’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and is protected under the Wildlife Protection Act.
The accused have been booked under sections of the Wildlife Protection Act and sent to jail.

Following a tip-off, officials of the forest division posed as customers to the accused and nabbed them during the exchange.
The three accused have been identified as Ali Mohammed, Chand Babu, and Noor Hasan.
Gyan Singh, sub-divisional forest officer, said, “Our staff posed as customers and made a deal with them. They were caught red-handed on the Noorpur- Seohara road under the Chandpur forest range after they showed us the snakes for sale.”
A medical examination of the reptiles was also conducted and they were found to be fit. Procedures have been made to release the snakes in their natural habitats on Tuesday, officials said.

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April 4, 2023
Two caught in Bihar’s Gaya for smuggling liquor in ambulance coffin

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Patna: Two persons were arrested in Bihar’s Gaya on Monday on the charge of smuggling liquor from Jharkhand, concealed in the coffin of an ambulance, Excise Department officials said.
The accused, identified as Lalit Kumar Mahto, a resident of Ranchi, and Pankaj Kumar Yadav, a resident of Chatra district in Jharkhand, had put a coffin in an ambulance to smuggle liquor. The excise sleuths have recovered 212 bottles of Indian Made Foreign Liquors of different brands inside the coffin.
The incident came to light on Monday morning when the accused came from Jharkhand via NH19. They were intercepted at Dobhi check post in Gaya district.
“We were doing routine checking of vehicles coming from Jharkhand and West Bengal. We have spotted an ambulance coming from NH19. Our personnel stopped the ambulance. When we asked the driver Mahto, he said that a dead body was inside the coffin. When we asked them to open the coffin, they became uncomfortable. When we opened the coffin, 212 liquor bottles of different brands were found in it,” Gaya’s Excise Inspector Dipak Kumar Singh said.
The accused were booked under relevant sections of liquor prohibition act.
Liquor has been banned in Bihar since April 2016. Still, smugglers are using different modus operandi to smuggle liquor from neighbouring states like West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh. A large number of smugglers also used the Nepal border route to smuggle liquor bottles.
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March 27, 2023
Man arrested for smuggling gold at Secunderabad railway station

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Hyderabad: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence officials on specific information arrested one person at Secunderabad Railway Station on a charge of smuggling gold.
Investigation resulted in the seizure of smuggled gold bars, a total weighing 2.314 Kgs (99.9 purity 24 Carat) valued at Rs. 1.32 Crore.
The person had purchased this smuggled gold from Kolkata and traveled from Kolkata by Falaknuma Express. He was arrested and remanded to judicial custody.
Further investigation is in progress.
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March 11, 2023
Cattle smuggling: TMC leader Anubrata Mandal sent to ED custody till March 10

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Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday sent TMC leader Anubrata Mondal to ED custody till March 10 in an alleged money laundering case related to West Bengal cattle smuggling case.
The midnight court passed the order on a plea moved by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which sought his 14-day custody and said the accused was required to be quizzed.
Special Judge Rakesh Kumar directed the agency, represented by Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana, to produce the accused on March 10 before the regular court.
The ED on Tuesday got custody of arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mondal after doctors at Joka-ESI Hospital in West Bengal found him fit to travel to New Delhi.
ED officials took Mondal straightaway to the city airport under tight security of central forces to catch a flight to the national capital, the agency said.
Mondal, the TMC’s Birbhum district president and a close aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was earlier arrested by the CBI in connection with the related corruption case.
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March 8, 2023
Hyderabad: Travel agent, 2 others held for smuggling gold from Dubai

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Hyderabad: The city police here busted a gold smuggling racket on Wednesday and seized 6 gold biscuits weighing a total of 700 grams from three persons who were arrested.
Offiicals of the Cyberabad police’s Rajendranagar Special Operations Team (SOT) along with customs officials apprehended Syed Moiz Pasha, Sameer Khan and Mohd Arshad for smuggling gold biscuits from Dubai.
According to the police, Syed Moiz Pasha, a travel agent, resident of Qadri Chaman, Falaknuma, approaches locals baiting them with tourist visas to Dubai to import gold illegally to evade customs duty.
The SOT officials apprehended Moiz Pasha on Wednesday while he was trying to sell the illegally imported gold biscuits at Vattepally, Mailardevpally.
Upon enquiry, he revealed to the police that he sent Sameer Khan to Dubai on a tourist visa in the second week of February. Sameer returned to India with 6 gold biscuits weighing about 700 grams.
He revealed that he smuggled gold 4 to 5 times in the past and sold it to Mohd Arshad, S/o Mohd Masood of Masood Jewellery. The Cyberabad police arrested the three and seized 6 gold biscuits and 13 passports.
The officials handed over the gold to Additional Commissioner, Customs, GST Bhavan, Hyderabad for further investigation.

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March 1, 2023
Muslims attacked in separate incidents for ‘cow smuggling’ in Haryana, Bihar

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Members of the Muslim community were attacked in two separate incidents on allegations of cow smuggling and beef consumption in Haryana and Bihar respectively.
Haryana
Two Muslim youths – Saleem and Mujahid – had gone to Manpur village to buy cattle. Saleem and Mujahid sell cattle to zamindars for a living.
“Suddenly someone shouted, ‘These two are Muslims’ and we were surrounded by men with axes,” Saleem alleged.
A day after a Mahapanchayat in support of Monu Manesar, two separate hate crimes against Muslims were committed in Palwal, Haryana. Saleem and Mujahid, two Muslim youths, had gone to buy cattle when they were attacked by villagers due to their religion.#Islamophobia pic.twitter.com/mDquSlA49Z
— Meer Faisal (@meerfaisal01) February 24, 2023
On seeing the mob, Mujahid said that he started his motorbike but was attacked. “My bike fell to the ground. I ran away to save my life,” Mujahid alleged. Saleem however could not escape. “They tried to aim my head but I raised my hand and got cut. I also got hit on my legs,” he alleged.
According to Saleem, he heard one of them shouting, “Take him to the room and electrocute him.”
“I remember one of my attackers is the nephew of the sarpanch,” Saleem said adding, “They took away my watch and Rs 50,000.”
Fortunately, a man, who was also a Hindu, went to save Saleem. He asked the attackers to stop and told Saleem to run. “He was also a Hindu. He told the attackers that he knows me and asked me to leave the place,” Saleem said.
Later Saleem lodged an FIR at the Mundkani police station.

However, Siasat.com spoke to Mundkani police who although agreed there was an FIR lodged by Saleem but denied any such incident took place.
“There was a small fight between Saleem and the accused – Manish. An FIR was registered and Manish was arrested yesterday,” the police said.
Manish is currently on bail, police added.
Saleem and Mujahid are residents of Roopraka village in Haryana. Saleem has six children, the oldest being nine years old.
Bihar
On February 20, police arrested a 58-year-old Muslim man – Ansarul Sheikh – on charges of allegedly carrying beef. A video has emerged on social media from Raxaul, Bihar, where a distraught Sheikh can be seen begging a mob that it is not cow’s meat, but buffalo’s.
A case was registered against Sheikh and he was produced before the court that sentenced him to jail. Sheikh is currently lodged in Motihari jail.
Siasat.com spoke to Raxaul police station when officials said that the investigation is still on. “We have sent the meat sample to the veterinary doctor who is yet to confirm if it is cow’s or buffalo’s meat,” police said.

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February 25, 2023