New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate todaysaid it has attached assets worth Rs five lakh in Karnataka inconnection with a money laundering probe in a terror financingcase involving the banned outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM).
The central probe agency said the attachment, issuedunder the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act(PMLA), includes a residential property in Mangalore"belonging to the persons involved in terror financing" whowere also "linked" to a Pakistani.
The ED said that a person named Dheeraj Sao got cashdeposits in his bank accounts from various parts of thecountry for a commission.
"After keeping his commission, he (Sao) used to transferthe remaining amounts to bank accounts of persons associatedwith terror outfit Indian Mujahideen such as Zubair Hussain,Aysha Banu, Raju Khan and others," it alleged.
The agency said it tracked the crime money and found thatBanu and Hussain had acquired a residential property atPanjimogeru in Karnataka's Mangalore.
"All the accused were linked to Pakistani national Khalidand as per his directions had opened accounts in various banksto receive money and transfer the same to members of terroristoutfit IM after deducting their commission.
"In all these accounts, mostly cash money had beendeposited by unknown persons from various locations in Indiaother than the home branch and the cash deposits werewithdrawn immediately through ATMs and used for terroractivities," the ED said.
The ED said it is probing the people involved and theirlinks further. PTI NESKIS.
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