By IANS,
Lucknow : The Lucknow police Tuesday arrested a man involved in an illegal money transfer racket and recovered Rs.5.33 lakh from his possession, officials said.
The accused, Mirza Ajmal Begh, was arrested from the Thakurganj locality in the afternoon while he was going to hand over the money to a person.
“One of his relatives, Afzal Begh, lives in Saudi Arab and the racket was being operated over the phone. Afzal used to call Ajmal in Lucknow on the phone and provided him with details regarding the sum of money and the person to whom it was to be given”, Superintendent of Police B.P. Ashok told IANS.
“We hope to get details of the transactions made so far in this Hawala racket,” he said.
“This kind of transaction saves money. Barely a phone call saves about 20 to 30 percent per transaction which the duo used to distribute among themselves whenever Afzal came to India”, Ashok explained.
Police sources have also said that a team from the Intelligence Bureau will also interrogate Ajmal for other information about the racket.