Author: Presley Thomas
Publication: Hindustan Times
Date: November 6, 2008
URL: http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=IndiaSectionPage&id=bec1057d-f608-42b3-8c4f-fc33685bfa1a
Mumbai Police's Crime Branch has issued lookout
notice against two West Asia-based NRIs for facilitating financial transactions
to Riyaz Bhatkal, cofounder of the Indian Mujahideen.
The police also froze two nationalised banks
accounts, which allegedly facilitated transactions for the operation of the
little-known terror group and seized Rs 27 lakh.
Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) Rakesh
Maria said that since 2006 small amounts of money were deposited in the two
accounts, belonging to ther two NRIs.
The accounts also contained withdrawals that
Bhatkal had made. Crime Branch officials said the NRIs had given pre-signed
blank cheques to Bhatkal.
Though the police said the NRIs had made frequent
trips to India, they refused to specify when they were last in the country.
The police also said one of the 20 Indian
Mujahideen operatives was arrested when he was about to withdraw money from
the bank. A signed cheque was seized from him, they added.
