By S.A. Ishaqui
Hyderabad, May 3: Mohammed Mazharuddin Ali, alias Rasheed, the alleged kingpin of the human trafficking racket, surrendered before the city police here on Thursday. His name had surfaced soon after the arrest of BJP MP Babubhai Katara at Delhi airport last month, which blew the lid off what is turning out to be a massive countrywide racket.
Rasheed has also been linked with trafficking and fake passport cases involving other political leaders.The police arrested Rasheed in connection with a passport case registered against him in 2006 in the city central crime station.
Sources said he had confessed to the police that two Telugu Desam leaders were also involved in the racket. He admitted to the police that he had arranged passports for TRS MLAs Kasipet Lingaiah and Soyam Bapu Rao.
He also confessed that he had paid Rs 11 lakhs to a TRS MP and Rs 2 lakhs to a Telugu Desam MP in 2003.Based on this, the police interrogated Mohammed Muzaffer Ali Khan, a former TD corporator ofAzampura division, to probe his links with the scam.
Rasheed came to the central crime station premises with his lawyer Muzaffer at around 12 noon and surrendered before additional deputy police commissioner B.V. Chandar Rao. He was immediately arrested and interrogated.Later, sleuths raided his residence in the Saidabad area and seized six passports and other documents.
The police also raided a house in the Asmanghad area belonging to Rehana, a relative of Rasheed.Sources said that Rasheed told the police that he was only a "tool" and that the racket was run by Mohammed Shakeel, alias Shameem, a TD leader.
Mr Shakeel had joined the TD just before the Assembly polls of 2004 and also contested the recent Legislative Council elections as an Independent with the TD's support. However, he lost the election.Sources said that Rasheed disclosed the names of several brokers, politicians, police officers and travel agents involved in the human trafficking racket.
The police is now zeroing in on them.Earlier, Rasheed told reporters that he was innocent and had never met Babubhai Katara. "I am a small broker," he said. "I have never met politicians. It was they who approached me for passports."He added that he did not remember whether Kasipet Lingaiah met him or not. "My life is in danger and I have surrendered only because the police started harassing my family," he alleged.City police commissioner Balwinder Singh said detectives were yet to verify Rasheed's statements.
The police team which searched the house of Muzaffer Ali Khan found photographs of TRS MP A. Narendra, Lingaiah and his family members, Soyam Bapu Rao and his family members, and some other crucial documents. The police also recovered four live rounds from the house.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Indrasena arrested for trespassing
By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, March 26: BJP national secretary and his followers were arrested by Vansthalipuram police on Monday night on charges of trespassing and damaging crops in a land belonging to N. Surya Prakash Rao.
Police said the BJP activists along with the villagers of Nadergul had allegedly trespassed on the land belonging to Surya Prakash Rao under the leadership of Mr Indrasena Reddy on Monday morning. they also squatted on the land and damaged some crops.
The police registered a case against Indrasena Reddy and others and arrested them late Monday night
Hyderabad, March 26: BJP national secretary and his followers were arrested by Vansthalipuram police on Monday night on charges of trespassing and damaging crops in a land belonging to N. Surya Prakash Rao.
Police said the BJP activists along with the villagers of Nadergul had allegedly trespassed on the land belonging to Surya Prakash Rao under the leadership of Mr Indrasena Reddy on Monday morning. they also squatted on the land and damaged some crops.
The police registered a case against Indrasena Reddy and others and arrested them late Monday night
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Maoist move into Westren Ghats
By S. A. ISHAQUI
Hyderabad Feb 3 : The Western Ghats have become the new refuge of the CPI Maoists of Andhra Pradesh. The left-wing extremists are moving to the harsh and rocky terrain of the Western Ghats from the lush Nallamalla and Bhadrachalam forests of Dandakaranya because of the relentless operations by the State police.
It is feared that Naxal activity in Kerala, Karnataka and parts of Maharashtra will witness a spurt because of this.The State special intelligence bureau recently came to know of the movement of Maoists from Dandakaranya to Western Ghats.
Police authorities had calculated that their operations would drive the Maoist outfits to Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. Instead, Maoists have preferred Karnataka and parts of Western Ghats including Goa.
It is believed that they would try to regroup from these areas. “We have learnt that Maoists are conducting special training camps to help their cadre survive in the terrain of the Western Ghats,” said a senior police officer. The State Intelligence sleuths are keeping a tab on Maoist movements in the area now. Karnataka police have also intensified combing operations in Chikmaglur, Raichur and Malnad.
The Maoist presence in the Western Ghats was first noticed in 2001 when a tribal woman, Cheramma, suffered a bullet injury as she fired a gun accidentally at a village Menasenahadya in Chikmaglur.
Since then, Maoists have been trying to establish a hold over Western Ghats. But their plans were spoilt by the antics of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan and the activities of the special task force hunting him. Things have quietened down after Veerappan’s death and Maoists, who are on the run in the State, now consider the Western Ghats their best refuge.
Sources said that the Maoists were creating a corridor from Seshachalam hills of Eastern Ghats to Western Ghats via Jawadi hills, Bennari and Satyamangalam. The Maoists are also trying to expand their activities in coffee plantations in Ooty and adjoining districts of Karnataka.
They have been intervening in local labour disputes in these places. To resist the growing Maoist influence, coffee growers in Malnad region formed an organisation, Grameena Jagruti Sena, a couple of days ago.
Hyderabad Feb 3 : The Western Ghats have become the new refuge of the CPI Maoists of Andhra Pradesh. The left-wing extremists are moving to the harsh and rocky terrain of the Western Ghats from the lush Nallamalla and Bhadrachalam forests of Dandakaranya because of the relentless operations by the State police.
It is feared that Naxal activity in Kerala, Karnataka and parts of Maharashtra will witness a spurt because of this.The State special intelligence bureau recently came to know of the movement of Maoists from Dandakaranya to Western Ghats.
Police authorities had calculated that their operations would drive the Maoist outfits to Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. Instead, Maoists have preferred Karnataka and parts of Western Ghats including Goa.
It is believed that they would try to regroup from these areas. “We have learnt that Maoists are conducting special training camps to help their cadre survive in the terrain of the Western Ghats,” said a senior police officer. The State Intelligence sleuths are keeping a tab on Maoist movements in the area now. Karnataka police have also intensified combing operations in Chikmaglur, Raichur and Malnad.
The Maoist presence in the Western Ghats was first noticed in 2001 when a tribal woman, Cheramma, suffered a bullet injury as she fired a gun accidentally at a village Menasenahadya in Chikmaglur.
Since then, Maoists have been trying to establish a hold over Western Ghats. But their plans were spoilt by the antics of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan and the activities of the special task force hunting him. Things have quietened down after Veerappan’s death and Maoists, who are on the run in the State, now consider the Western Ghats their best refuge.
Sources said that the Maoists were creating a corridor from Seshachalam hills of Eastern Ghats to Western Ghats via Jawadi hills, Bennari and Satyamangalam. The Maoists are also trying to expand their activities in coffee plantations in Ooty and adjoining districts of Karnataka.
They have been intervening in local labour disputes in these places. To resist the growing Maoist influence, coffee growers in Malnad region formed an organisation, Grameena Jagruti Sena, a couple of days ago.
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