Six persons were arrested for running ‘hawala’ racket in Raipur city. Cash around ` 40 lakh was seized from their possession, Superintendent of Police (SP), Raipur, OP Pal informed on Wednesday.
The arrested persons were identified as Pankaj Patel and Mahendra Patel natives of Mehsana, Gujarat, Jassu Bhai, Prateek and Brijendra Mishra hailing from Rewa and Madhya Pradesh were also among the arrested ones.
“Pankaj and Mahendra used to operate Hawala racket in Raipur and they had taken an office in Kuldeep Bhawan, Fafadih and had rented the office in the name of a Transport Agency,” Pal said adding, a note counting machine was also seized from the spot.
A register in which various transactions were mentioned in Gujarati language was also seized from the office, he said.
The arrest was made based on a tip-off that a hawala racket was being operated from Fafadih area. The held persons used to work for Rajnikanti Bhai Patel a resident of Surat, police said.
Rajnikanti has his agents in 50 different places across India and he operates from Ahmadabad, Gujarat, police said.
According to the SP, the accused persons are being interrogated and very soon some more action could be taken in the case.