Ayesha reveals she got Rs 2 crore from Saudi

Ayesha reveals she got Rs 2 crore from Saudi

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Nov 23, 2013: Key accused in the Lakhisarai funds racket, Ayesha Bano and her husband Zubair have revealed they had been getting funds from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Ayesha told a joint team of Bihar’s Lakhisarai and Jamui police that she alone received Rs 2 crore in last one year in her bank account to transfer it to various accounts on instruction from top bosses from Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.

A team of Bihar Police had arrested Aysha Banu and her husband Zubair from Mangalore on November 12 and they were taken to Lakhisarai station on transit remand for investigating the illegal money trail.

 

However, Ayesha and Zubair did not confirm transaction of Rs 1 lakh to IM operative Mohammed Waqas at a Mangalore flat.

The two said they didn’t know the identity of people whose accounts they were told to transfer the funds. Zubair, who lived in Saudi Arabia before returning to Mangalore, said he was lured into the racket with the incentive of getting a "good commission".

The couple also revealed over a dozen names involved in the funds racket including one Mohammed Kalimuddin from Assam and another from Kerala. Lakhisarai Superintendent of Police Rajiv Mishra told media, "The Mangalore couple has given several names who were beneficiaries of the funds transferred. We are still verifying them and cannot disclose names at this stage of investigation". Asked if the two were linked to terror funding, the SP said there had been no conclusive leads so far. Lakhisarai police had taken Zubair, Ayesha, Gopal Goyal and Pawan Gupta on remand for three days. They have been sent to jail.

Sources said that the Patna District Police had studied transactions of over 50 bank accounts and listed some beneficiaries to get further details. Meanwhile, Jamui, Munger, Bhagalpur and Banka police stations in Bihar have already been alerted to keep eye on such transactions in coordination with banks.