On money trail with Pak link, Bihar Police arrest 1 in J'khand

Bihar Police today arrested a person from Jharia in connection with money transaction involving withdrawal of money from Indian banks remitted from abroad and depositing it in designated accounts on the basis of SMS instructions received from Pakistan mobile numbers.
"The police of Lakhisarai and Munger of Bihar arrested one Raju Sao for interrogation in connection with the fake ATM cards and bank accounts," Dhanbad Superintendent of Police Anup T Mathew said here.
The Bihar police had come to apprehend Jitendera Sao, Pappu Sao and Bitu Sao, but as none was present Raju Sao, the brother of Jitendra, was arrested for interrogation in connection with the seizure, Mathew said.

The racket was busted in Lakhisarai on Thursday last following a tip off by NIA and four unemployed youths in the age group of 20-25 years were arrested there in this connection.
Twenty ATM cards and 35 passbooks were recovered from the four and they were remanded to 14 days in judicial custody.
Lakhiserai police had said their interrogation revealed that they used to take ATM cards, bank passbooks and cheque books of poor people by paying them Rs 2,000. Money used to be transferred into these accounts from abroad. The amounts were then withdrawn and then deposited in designated accounts on SMS instructions over mobile numbers with Pakistan code.

The youths used to get 10 per cent as commission of the money for their work, the police said.
The NIA, which has been handed over the investigations of the July 7 bomb blasts in Bodh Gaya and October 27 serial blasts in Patna during Narendra Modi's rally, is engaged in unravelling the terror network of Indian Mujahideen, which is suspected to be behind the blasts.