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Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 2: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) officials have made headway in the investigation of the charas racket busted in July and tracked the route of the contraband. The nexus exposed by ATS officials shows that the contraband used to come from Jammu and Kashmir and was supplied to more than 10 places in Gujarat.
According to ATS officials, the accused in the case have sold charas worth more than Rs 1 crore over a period of six months. It was by far the biggest consignment that the officials got to know about the consumption in the state.
Ajay Tomar, inspector general of police, ATS, said that they have earlier nabbed Mohammed Haneef Memon and Mohammed Junaid Memon, father-son duo from Unava in Mehsana in July with a consignment of 10 kg of charas on the basis of a tip-off. The duo named Shankar Prasad Verma (Bania), a native of Bihar, as the supplier of the contraband.
"Bania was with Indian Air Force between 1969 and 1985. Before his retirement, he had a stint at Jammu and Kashmir where he worked as canteen supervisor. His duty involved procuring goods from the market. At that time, he came in contact with Basheer Ahmed Dar and Husain Ali Dar at Anantnag district. He accepted offer to work as a carrier that he continued after retiring from his job. He then started sending charas to various places in the country, including Gujarat through a network of loading trucks," said Tomar.
The gang used to make cavities inside the truck where they used to stuff maximum of 50 kg of charas at a time. In Gujarat, Bania's network was spread over cities such as Unava, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Gandhidham, Surat, Vadodara, Ambaji, Mehsana, Ahmedabad and Kalol. Middlemen such as Memon used to sell it in the open market and deposit Bania's share in various nationalized banks from where he used to withdraw it and send it to Bihar. Most of the amount was transferred to the names of various relatives in Bihar.
The frozen bank account statements have shown transactions worth crores just in a period of six months. Officials believe it to be bigger.
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