Trying to tighten the noose around the neck of notorious gangster Syed Usman Ali alias Tito, the Special Task Force (STF) on Saturday continued to conduct raids on his house and business establishments.
Sources said the investigating agency has written to various banks to freeze the bank accounts of the gangster and his relatives.
Addressing mediapersons STF DIG Himanshu lal said, “We had searched the residence and other business establishments of Tito and his aides yesterday and found some incriminating documents. His petrol pump and other business establishments have been sealed and raids at various other places are still underway to unearth his links with criminals.”
The STF besides, sealing the petrol pump and seizing around 25 vehicles have arrested couple of aides of the gangster. The STF is also investigating about his stevedoring business in Paradip.
STF officials along with district police had raided Tito’s house at Dilawarpur village here on Friday. Simultaneous raids were conducted on residences and offices of his suspected aides in several places of the district.
Notably, STF had arrested Tito on June 30 in a police encounter near Chandikhol in Jajpur district. He was taken on a five-day remand on July 4.
More than hundred cases of murder, dacoity, extortion, kidnapping and tender fixing are pending against him at different police stations across the State.