News Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Abhishek Dixit
Updated Sat, 19 Feb 2022 09:58 PM IST
Summary
The agency said that Haq was arrested under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Haq was arrested by the CBI in November 2020.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Mohammad Inam-ul-Haq, the main accused in the multi-crore cross-border cattle smuggling case. This action was taken as part of the investigation of money laundering in illegal business. Animal smuggling used to happen on the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal. Haque was produced in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday from where he was remanded to ED custody for seven days.
The agency said that Haq was arrested under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Haq was arrested by the CBI in November 2020. The CBI is probing the matter separately. Haq was granted bail by the Supreme Court only last month. In the chargesheet filed in a special court in Asansol, West Bengal, the CBI had alleged that Haq was the mastermind of the illegal animal trade case. Two other accused used to help him in this work.
Trinamool Congress youth leader Vinay Mishra and his brother, Vikas Mishra, who were arrested, BSF commandant Satish Kumar used to assist the main accused, Haq. Satish was posted in Murshidabad and Malda. CBI had named some other people in the charge sheet registered in this case. On the links of the Mishra brothers in the animal smuggling case, the ED claimed that between October 2016 and March 2017, Vinay Mishra and Vikas Mishra received Rs 6.1 crore from animal smuggler Inam-ul-Haq. In March last year, the agency had attached a house of the Mishra brothers in Kolkata.
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Mohammad Inam-ul-Haq, the main accused in the multi-crore cross-border cattle smuggling case. This action was taken as part of the investigation of money laundering in illegal business. Animal smuggling used to happen on the Indo-Bangladesh border in West Bengal. Haque was produced in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday from where he was remanded to ED custody for seven days.
The agency said that Haq was arrested under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Haq was arrested by the CBI in November 2020. The CBI is probing the matter separately. Haq was granted bail by the Supreme Court only last month. In the chargesheet filed in a special court in Asansol, West Bengal, the CBI had alleged that Haq was the mastermind of the illegal animal trade case. Two other accused used to help him in this work.
Trinamool Congress youth leader Vinay Mishra and his brother, Vikas Mishra, who were arrested, BSF commandant Satish Kumar used to assist the main accused, Haq. Satish was posted in Murshidabad and Malda. CBI had named some other people in the charge sheet registered in this case. On the links of the Mishra brothers in the animal smuggling case, the ED claimed that between October 2016 and March 2017, Vinay Mishra and Vikas Mishra received Rs 6.1 crore from animal smuggler Inam-ul-Haq. In March last year, the agency had attached a house of the Mishra brothers in Kolkata.