Sleuths of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on Saturday took into custody a gang of seven persons in Bhatkal; the men had allegedly committed crimes in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and underwent punishment there.
The detained persons were identified as Sajjad Musba of Kidwai road, Gobaru Sajit Umar and Rizwan Raza Siddique of Nawayat Colony, Dollar Unis Sadiq Damuda of Venkatapur, Mohammad Gous Kappa of Mugdum Colony, Anda Unis of Karagadda and Sidique Damuda Abu Bantaru of Jamia Road of Bhatkal. These men reportedly went to Kuala Lumpur and prepared 38 fake passports in different names. They allegedly withdrew Rs. 200 crore from the Kalo Ganti Lise Bank with fake names. Another person, Ashit Agarwal of Mumbai, was with these seven people while committing the crime, the sources said.
On August 16, they were caught by the Malaysian police and sentenced to jail by the court there. They were reportedly released from jail on December 6 and after that they reached Bangalore by air on January 6. The IB arrested them on charges of misuse of passport.
The investigating agencies are checking whether the money fraudulently withdrawn by them was routed to any terrorist organisation in India or outside the country, the sources said.
