India, June 16 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against a Pakistani national, Ahammed Hossain Azad alias Ajad Mallik, who had been living in Kolkata for years and was running a fake racket of providing Indian IDs to Bangladeshis, people familiar with the development said on Monday.

Azad, ED said in a statement, operated a hawala network to facilitate illegal cross-border remittances between India and Bangladesh, collecting payments in cash and UPI, before transferring equivalent amounts to Bangladesh using platforms like Bkash.

The charge sheet under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) was filed before a special court in Kolkata on June 13. The court has already taken its cognizance.

ED's probe is ...