Investigators are currently probing suspected links between the fraudulent financial transactions and Pakistan-based intelligence operatives.
Six people were arrested across Assam and Karnataka after Assam Police’s Special Task Force busted a major financial fraud network operating through “mule” bank accounts.
STF Senior Superintendent of Police revealed that the crackdown was initiated after they received intelligence inputs regarding a cross-border financial syndicate.
STF Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Pranab Kumar Pegu revealed during a press conference that the crackdown was initiated after they received intelligence inputs regarding a cross-border financial syndicate. The STF registered a case after receiving the inputs and launched a probe. They conducted raids across multiple states and arrested six people under the supervision of Inspector General of Police (IGP-STF) Partha Sarathi Mahanta.
October 28: Three suspects-Marjina Begum, Rafizul Haque, and Hemang Sudha-were apprehended from three separate locations under the Chandmari Police Station jurisdiction in Guwahati. October 29: In a major breakthrough, the STF tracked down and arrested another accused, Rakib Hussain, from Karnataka. October 30: Two more accomplices, Iftar Hussain (from Uzan Bazar) and Arman Aziz Haque (from Noonmati), were arrested in Guwahati.
