Cops seize Rs 27L ‘charity fund’ from Bharuch man

Vadodara: The special team formed to investigate hawala and conversion racket has seized Rs 27 lakh from a resident of Jambusar in Bharuch.
The police are questioning Dr Ajvad Ahmed Khaniya who received the money in cash from key accused Salahuddin Sheikh.
“We are questioning Khaniya about the money he received, which he said was given to him by Sheikh for charity work as he runs a trust in Bharuch,” said a senior police official.
During the investigations, officials also learnt that Sheikh had sent Rs 9.7 lakh to Yunus Talati, Rs 3.7 lakh to Sajid Patel, Rs 5.5 lakh to Moosa Ali, Rs 10.88 lakh to Sajid Memon and Rs 4.5 lakh to Siraj.
Cops said that the money was sent allegedly for conversion activity as well as for legal fees of the accused in anti-CAA riots. Apart from Sheikh, Umar Gautam too has been arrested in the racket. The police have issued a notice to UK-based Abdullah Fefdawala who had sent crores of rupees to Sheikh by hawala over the last few years. Fefdawala is a native of Bharuch.