2 Samajwadi Party leaders among eight arrested for ‘land grabbing, illegal arms smuggling, counterfeit currency’ in UP

Police said they recovered fake Indian currency worthy Rs 5.62 lakh, Nepali currency worthy Rs 3,000, 10 country-made weapons, cartridges, a country-made bomb, 13 cellphones, 8 laptops, 2 cars, Aadhaar cards, and SIM cards. They besides seized ₹1.10 lakh successful genuine Indian currency which the pack had allegedly obtained successful speech for counterfeit notes.

Reacting to the arrest, SP’s Kushinagar territory president Mohammad Shukrullah Ansari accused the constabulary of falsely implicating the 2 leaders to tarnish the party’s image, demanding a elaborate inquiry.

Ansari said that Mohammad Rafiq Khan is the nationalist caput of the SP’s Lohia Vahini, portion Naushad Khan is the authorities wide caput of the party’s taste wing.

Ansari added that helium has informed the enactment enactment successful Lucknow astir the arrests.

Kushinagar Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Mishra said investigations are underway into the “racket”, which purportedly operates on Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

According to the police, they received a tip-off astir a pack progressive connected the Indo-Nepal border. Following this, borderline constabulary stations and the district’s cyber compartment were enactment connected alert.

Acting connected the tip, constabulary initially arrested 3 suspects, starring to the consequent apprehension of 7 more. The others arrested see Mohammad Rafiq Ansari, Aurangzeb alias Laden, Sheikh Jamalludin, Nizammudin alias Munna, Rehan Khan alias Saddam, Hasim Khan, Sheraz, and Parvez Illahi alias Kausar Afridi.

According to police, Mohammad Rafiq Ansari is the “gang leader”, with 11 cases already registered against him. The pack allegedly operated nether his leadership. Aurangzeb and Parvez person 8 cases each, portion Naushad and Sheikh Jamalludin look 4 cases each.

During the investigation, constabulary purportedly learned that the racket utilized weapons to endanger victims into giving up land. Police assertion to person grounds showing that galore of the arrested persons often traveled to Nepal, wherever the counterfeit currency was sourced. The UP Gangsters Act volition beryllium invoked against the accused.

Police are besides looking into the roles of Bihar’s Jitendra Yadav, Manish Kumar Singh alias Chottu, and an unidentified idiosyncratic successful the case.