Hyderabad: Rs 3.75 crore cash seized from hawala gang

HYDERABAD: Task force sleuths busted an interstate hawala racket and apprehended four persons. Police seized Rs 3.75 crore cash from the four persons and handed it over to the Income Tax department for further probe.
Acting on specific information, the West Zone team of the Task force intercepted two four wheelers at Road Number 12 in Banjara Hills.
Police took four persons including, Eshwar Dileepji Solanki, 29, driver of P Vijay & Company, Harish Ram Bhai Patel, 35, driver of P Vijay & Company, Ajith Singh R Dodiya, 32, and Rathod Kanak Singh Natubha, 44, office attendants of P Vijay & Company, into custody and seized Rs 3.75 crore cash from their possession.
During the interrogation the four men have revealed that they are the employees of P Vijay & Company with its branch office at Anand Banjara Colony in Road Number 12 of Banjara Hills. Owner of the company is Kamlesh Shah, a native of Ahmedabad and he employed Dinesh and Giri as in-charges of Hyderabad branch. "Ajith Singh R Dodiya, Rathod Kanak Singh Natubha and a woman, Thakor Soalben, a cook, are working with Dinesh and Giri at Hyderabad office," Taskforce DCP P Radha Kishan Rao said.
On September 14, Eshwar Dileepji Solanki and Harish Ram Bhai Patel came to Hyderabad in a four wheeler from Mumbai to collect cash from Dinesh and Giri. After collecting Rs 3.75 crore cash from the Hyderabad branch staff, when Eshwar, Harish along with Ajith and Kanak Singh were proceeding to Solapur in two four wheelers, task force sleuths intercepted them.
"As per the procedure, we will handover the seized cash and the four men to Income Tax officials for further investigation. They will follow the money trail and investigate into the activities of the company," Hyderabad commissioner Anjani Kumar said.