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Delhi’s anti-CAA protests conspired in Bharuch: Cops

Investigations into the hawala funding for conversion racket has revealed that much of the conspiracy for creating unrest in Delhi last year and Shaheenbaug protests was hatched in Bharuch. Senior police officials said that one of the key accused Mohammad Umar visited Bharuch several times over the last two years for conducting the meetings.
Delhi’s anti-CAA protests conspired in Bharuch: Cops
Senior police officials said that one of the key accused Mohammad Umar visited Bharuch several times over the last two years for conducting the meetings.
VADODARA: Investigations into the hawala funding for conversion racket has revealed that much of the conspiracy for creating unrest in Delhi last year and Shaheenbaug protests was hatched in Bharuch. Senior police officials said that one of the key accused Mohammad Umar visited Bharuch several times over the last two years for conducting the meetings.
“Bharuch was an epicentre for planning the protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and Shaheenbaug protests.
Md Umar and Vadodara resident Salahuddin Sheikh conspired to help the accused in Delhi riots during their meetings in Ankleshwar,” a senior police official said.
Investigating officials said that a businessman from the UK had sent Rs 60 crore to Sheikh via Dubai. “This businessman is originally from Nabipur village in Bharuch and hence has a lot of contacts there. So, the meetings to launder hawala money and fund protests were mostly held in Bharuch. The UK-based businessman had organized community meetings there to raise the money,” an investigating official told TOI.
“We have got evidence of how a huge portion of the hawala money and even legal donations that Sheikh received were illegally diverted for funding these agitations and financing costs including food expenses of Shaheenbaug protestors,” the official said.
The hawala money was sent from Dubai to Mumbai to escape attention of Delhi-based agencies. This money was then routed to Delhi and Gujarat. “Once we get custody of Salahuddin Sheikh and Md Umar, we will get complete details of their contacts in Bharuch. Many more arrests will follow,” the police added.
Accused of funding conversion activities across the country, Sheikh had allegedly received nearly Rs 60 crore through hawala and Rs 19 crore by donation for his trust over the last five years.
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