Naveen Rohra key to exposing Chhangur Baba's money trail: ED
LUCKNOW, Aug. 4 -- Naveen Rohra, who once ran a shipment agency in Dubai, could expose key financial transactions related to the Balrampur religious conversion and money-laundering racket allegedly run by Jalaluddin Shah alias Chhangur Baba, according to senior Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials investigating the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The officials said that Naveen Rohra, who converted to Islam and adopted the name Jamaluddin, is the husband of Neetu alias Nasreen, who was arrested along with Chhangur Baba by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad on July 5.
Prior to their arrest, Naveen Rohra and Chhangur Baba's son Mehboob were nabbed by the UP ATS on April 8 earlier this year. However, the information was not disclosed to the media at that time.
Much like the ATS, the ED, which joined the investigation into money laundering after the arrest of Chhangur Baba on July 8, also realised belatedly that Naveen Rohra could be the key person to extract details about the financial transaction and expose the money-laundering racket operational in the garb of the alleged religious conversion nexus. The focus shifted to Naveen Rohra during the kingpin's interrogation.
"We have applied for the custody remand of Naveen Rohra in the competent court," a senior ED official confirmed.
"His name came up during the interrogation of Chhangur Baba and even Nasreen, leading us to believe he handled a large portion of the financial transactions," he added. Chhangur Baba is accused of being the kingpin of a large-scale conversion syndicate. So far, the ED investigation has revealed that Chhangur Baba's network received approximately Rs.60 crore in foreign funding, which was used for illegal conversions and other activities....
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