Controversial meat exporter Moin Akhtar Qureshi, arrested in a money laundering case, today claimed before a Delhi court that he was getting threats from alleged gangster Neeraj Bawana inside the Tihar Jail here, where they are both lodged.
Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj sought a response from the jail authorities by November 10 after Qureshi moved an application in this regard.
"I have been shifted from general ward to high-risk ward where dreaded criminal, including those accused of rape and terrorism, are lodged, where I received threat from Bawana through his associate who is also lodged in the same jail," he told the court, while adding that his family members have also received threats.
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Qureshi was recently chargesheeted by the ED in a money laundering case, which alleged that he had extorted Rs 7.5 crore from two businessmen, Pradeep Koneru and Satish Sana, by using the names of former CBI directors and promising to help them in CBI cases against them.
The ED had alleged that Qureshi was involved in hawala transactions through Delhi-based hawala operators.
The meat exporter is also being probed by the Income Tax Department for alleged tax evasion.
Bawana, on the other hand, has been charge sheeted in various cases, including offences punishable under the provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
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