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THE UTTAR PRADESH Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), in a joint operation with its Maharashtra counterpart, picked up another man from Mumbai Thursday for allegedly supplying funds through hawala to an Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agent arrested earlier from Faizabad by the UP ATS. Late Wednesday, the two teams had arrested one Altaf Qureshi on similar charges from Pydhonie in south Mumbai.
A senior officer from the Maharashtra ATS said they Thursday arrested Javed Naviwala (31), an alleged hawala operator since 2009 who used his network to supply Rs 15,000 to alleged ISI agent Aftab Ali. Ali has been arrested by the UP ATS for allegedly spying on Army movements. He was sent to a 14-day judicial custody by a local court in Lucknow on Thursday. “Javed had asked Qureshi to get the money transferred to Ali,” said a senior ATS officer.
“During interrogation, Javed has claimed that he did not know that he was transferring money to an ISI agent. He claims that a friend of a relative based in Pakistan had asked him to transfer the money for ‘medical charity’ that would help people who cannot afford treatment,” said the officer.
Altaf and Javed hailed from Rajkot’s Dhoraji village, the officer added. While Javed has been living in Agripada for a long time, Altaf had come to Mumbai in 2009 and had allegedly been working for Javed’s hawala network. “Probe is on to find out if there are more people who worked for Javed,” the officer said.
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