Might 09, 2025 10:47 PM IST
Azad Mullick, 53, alias Ahmed Hussain Azad, is a chief suspect within the passport case and was first arrested on April 15
KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating whether or not a 53-year-old man, arrested final month for allegedly promoting pretend identification paperwork to Bangladeshi nationals, used the funds for terrorist actions, the company advised a Kolkata court docket on Thursday.
Arrested (Getty Pictures/iStockphoto)
Azad Mullick, 53, alias Ahmed Hussain Azad, a chief suspect within the passport case, was arrested on April 15 from Birati in North 24 Parganas district. He was initially recognized as Azad Mullick, a Bangladeshi nationwide.
Whereas looking for extension of his police custody for additional interrogation on Thursday, ED advised a Kolkata’s metropolis periods court docket that paperwork operating into 20,000 pages and WhatsApp chats with Pakistani residents have been recovered from the 2 cell phones seized from his possession throughout his arrest in April, attorneys who attended the listening to stated. The court docket rejected his bail petition.
Azad Mullick has been charged with coming into India in 2019 and allegedly procuring Indian identification paperwork, similar to Aadhaar card and driving licence, not just for himself however for at the least 200 Bangladeshis for cash.
These paperwork have been allegedly utilized by Bangladeshi nationals to get Indian passports and lots of of these Bangladeshis went overseas, the probe indicated.
ED advised the town periods court docket final week that Mullick’s actual title is Ahmed Hussain Azad and he was a Pakistani nationwide who entered Bangladesh in 2017 and obtained an area passport earlier than making use of for a vacationer visa to succeed in India.
A Pakistani driving license was recovered from his residence throughout a raid, ED stated.
Azad allegedly raised greater than ₹2 crore by offering unlawful Bangladeshi immigrants with Aadhar playing cards and many others. Because the cash was transferred to him by hawala, ED stated it was probing whether or not it was used to fund terrorist actions.
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