A Myanmar national allegedly involved in human trafficking and facilitating inlfux of illegal migrants, has been arrested by the Crime Branch, police said today.
Delhi police received inputs about the accused on August 21 from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which was also tracking him for his alleged links with banned organisations like Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (HUJI) and other POK-based millitants, said a senior police official.
"The accused, identified as Shaik Noor, was also wanted by Telangana Police in a case involving buying and disposing of people as slaves, forgery and other related charges under IPC, Foreigners Act and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. Noor has been arrested under section 41(1) of CrPc and handed over to them," said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav.
In 2008, Noor was arrested in Chennai for his alleged links with a fake currency racket. He was lodged in a Chennai jail for two years, after which he moved to Hyderabad and then to Delhi, said the senior official.
Noor's primary service was to facilitate infiltration of Rohingya people and arrange Indian passports on fake addresses for the migrants to be further sent to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations, and sell them there, said a source in Crime Branch.
According to police, the Commissioner's Task Force of Hyderabad had arrested six persons, Pakistan national Mohammad Nasir, Bangladeshis Faizal Mahmood and Joynal Abedin alias Mohammed Usman, and Masood Ali Khan, Sohail Parvez Khan and Zia-Ur-Rehman, on August 14. Usman turned out to be Noor's brother-in-law.
Of the six arrested, Nasir had close links with jihadi groups and POK-based militant ideologue Abdul Jabbar alias Malik. Nasir had allegedly sought Noor's help to infiltrate into India.
The police recovered three fake passports, a mobile phone, five ATM cards and two contact diaries from Noor's possession.
Further investigation is being done by Telangana Police, said the senior official.
At the age of 15, Noor migrated to India and stayed at Bardhaman district of West Bengal. After five years, he migrated to Delhi and started living in Sarai Kale Khan area. He sold skull caps and allegedly got into the business of facilitating infiltrators.
Later, he lived in Chennai, Hyderabad and again returned to Delhi around two years ago, the police source added.
