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United News of India
17-06-2025
- United News of India
ED files prosecution complaint against arrested Pak national in PMLA court
Kolkata, June 17 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against an arrested Pakistani national, Ajad Mallik, before a special PMLA court in the city, which issued a pre-cognizance notice against the accused and fixed a date for the next hearing, official sources said on Tuesday. Ajad Mallik, alias Ahammed Hossain Azad and Azad Hossain, an alleged Pakistani national, was arrested by the ED from North 24 Parganas' district of Birati in mid-April on suspicion of being a Bangladeshi national. He was allegedly involved in arranging fake documents for the Bangladeshi nationals for settlement in West Bengal and other parts of the country. Further investigation by the ED revealed that Azad Mallik was a Pakistani national and was arrested for violation of the Foreigners Act, 1946. During a search conducted by the ED on April 15 last in Birati, the agency confiscated fake documents, including that of AADHAR card, passports and other fake documents. He was also charged with hawala transactions for transferring money. Azad Mallik is in judicial custody. The ED also seized a Pakistani driving licence dating back to 1994 from his mobile phone, bearing the name Azad Hossain and featuring the photograph of Ajad Mallik alias Ahammed Hossain Azad, besides a permanent address in Pakistan. The document recorded his date of birth as August 14, 1971 and was issued by the licensing authority in Hyderabad, Pakistan. In order to conceal his true identity, Azad Hussain adopted the alias 'Ajad Mallik' and procured multiple Indian identity documents — including Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, driving license, voter ID, and passport — by submitting forged and fabricated documents. The ED also seized documents of a hawala network from Azad to facilitate illegal cross-border remittances between India and Bangladesh, collecting payments in cash and through UPI, before transferring equivalent amounts to Bangladesh using platforms like Bkash. He was actively involved in facilitating the preparation of visas and passports for Bangladeshi nationals seeking to travel to foreign countries such as Dubai, Cambodia, and Malaysia. He collected payments in Bangladeshi currency, American dollar, or Indian rupees and either deposited these amounts into his own bank account or transferred them to the accounts of associates engaged in fraudulent visa/passport processing. Azad Hossain also allegedly played a significant role in the fraudulent activities carried out at certain forex changers (FFMC) based in Kolkata, in which huge cash deposits were falsely represented as proceeds from legitimate foreign currency sales to customers but were proceeds of crime actually linked to unlawful practices, the ED said. The ED filed a prosecution complaint against the Pakistani national on June 13 in the city special PMLA court.
India Today
16-06-2025
- India Today
ED chargesheets Pakistani man for creating fake IDs for Bangladeshis in India
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a chargesheet under the anti-money laundering law against a Pakistani man, living as an Indian in Kolkata, after illegally procuring as many as five vital government IDs, including Aadhaar, voter card and was laundering funds by making "fake" Indian IDs for Bangladeshis who came to India and through other illegal activities like hawala, the federal probe agency said in a statement on ED said it submitted the prosecution complaint against the man named Ajad Mallik alias Ahammed Hossain Azad and Azad Hossain before a special Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA) court in Kolkata on June 13. The court has taken note against the "Pakistani national" and fixed a date for hearing, it ED, which carried out raids in this case in April, had then said in a press statement that Mallik was a Bangladeshi national. It arrested Mallik under the anti-money laundering law and the probe brought to light that he was indeed a Pakistani ED case stems from a West Bengal Police FIR against Mallik and unidentified others for violation of the Foreigners Act of 1946."Probe found that the man was a Pakistani national illegally living in India," the ED statement Pakistani driving licence dating back to 1994 was recovered from his mobile phone bearing the name Azad Hossain and featuring the photograph of Ajad Mallik alias Ahammed Hossain Azad. It listed his father's name as Mumtaz-Ul-Haque and a permanent address in Pakistan," the ED said the driving licence recorded his date of birth as August 14, 1971, and it was issued by the licencing authority in Hyderabad, order to "conceal" his true identity, the ED said, the man adopted the alias "Ajad Mallik" and procured multiple Indian identity documents like Aadhaar, PAN (permanent account number issued by the income-tax department) card, driving licence, voter ID and passport by submitting "forged" and "fabricated" documents, as per the agency found that the man operated a hawala network to facilitate illegal cross-border remittances between India and Bangladesh, collecting payments in cash and UPI, before transferring equivalent amounts to Bangladesh using platforms like 'Bkash', an online financial transaction platform in Bangladesh."He was also involved in illegal money transfers and document forgery and was actively involved in facilitating the preparation of visas and passports for Bangladeshi nationals seeking to travel to countries like Dubai, Cambodia and Malaysia," the ED Pakistani man collected payments in Bangladeshi Taka, US Dollars, and Indian Rupees and deposited these amounts into his own bank account or transferred them to the accounts of associates engaged in fraudulent visa or passport processing, the ED played a "significant" role in "fraudulent" activities carried out at certain forex changers (full-fledged money changers) based in Kolkata, in which "huge" cash deposits were declared as proceeds from legitimate foreign currency sales to customers, but were actually "proceeds of crime" linked to "unlawful" activities including the creation of "fake" Indian identities for Bangladeshis to obtain passports, the ED ED had said in April that the man has two sons - Osama Bin Azad and Omar Faruk - and his wife Maymuna Akhter, residing in Bangladesh and are citizens of that country. It said the man "frequently" visited Bangladesh to meet his Watch
The Hindu
16-06-2025
- The Hindu
ED files chargesheet against Pakistani who made Indian government IDs for Bangaldeshis in Kolkata
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a chargesheet under the anti-money laundering law against a Pakistani man, living as an Indian in Kolkata, after illegally procuring as many as five vital government IDs including Aadhaar, voter card and passport. He was laundering funds by making "fake" Indian IDs for Bangladeshis who came here and through other illegal activities like hawala, the federal probe agency said in a statement on Monday (June 16, 2025). The ED said it has submitted the prosecution complaint against the man named Ajad Mallik alias Ahammed Hossain Azad and Azad Hossain before a special Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA) court in Kolkata on June 13. The court has taken cognisance against the "Pakistani national" and fixed a date for hearing, it said. The ED, which carried out raids in this case in April, had then said in a press statement that Mallik was a Bangladeshi national. It arrested Mallik under the anti-money laundering law and the probe brought to light that he was indeed a Pakistani national. The ED case stems from a West Bengal Police FIR against Mallik and unidentified others for violation of the Foreigners Act of 1946. "Probe found that the man was a Pakistani national illegally living in India," the ED statement said. "A Pakistani driving licence dating back to 1994 was recovered from his mobile phone bearing the name Azad Hossain and featuring the photograph of Ajad Mallik alias Ahammed Hossain Azad. It listed his father's name as Mumtaz-Ul-Haque and a permanent address in Pakistan," the ED said. It said the driving licence recorded his date of birth as 14/08/1971 and it was issued by the Licensing Authority in Hyderabad, Pakistan. In order to "conceal" his true identity, the ED said, the man adopted the alias "Ajad Mallik" and procured multiple Indian identity documents like Aadhaar, PAN (permanent account number issued by the income-tax department) card, driving license, voter ID and passport by submitting "forged" and "fabricated" documents, as per the ED. The agency found that the man operated a "hawala" network to facilitate illegal cross-border remittances between India and Bangladesh, collecting payments in cash and UPI, before transferring equivalent amounts to Bangladesh using platforms like 'Bkash', an online financial transaction platform of Bangladesh. "He was also involved in illegal money transfers and document forgery and was actively involved in facilitating the preparation of visas and passports for Bangladeshi nationals seeking to travel to countries like Dubai, Cambodia and Malaysia," the ED said. The Pakistani man collected payments in Bangladeshi Taka, U.S. Dollar, and Indian Rupee and deposited these amounts into his own bank account or transferred them to the accounts of associates engaged in fraudulent visa or passport processing, the ED alleged. He played a "significant" role in "fraudulent" activities carried out at certain forex changers (full-fledged money changers) based in Kolkata, in which "huge" cash deposits were declared as proceeds from legitimate foreign currency sales to customers but were actually "proceeds of crime" linked to "unlawful" activities including the creation of "fake" Indian identities for Bangladeshis to obtain passports, the ED said. The ED had said in April that the man has two sons — Osama Bin Azad and Omar Faruk — and his wife, Maymuna Akhter, residing in Bangladesh and are citizens of that country. It said the man "frequently" visited Bangladesh to meet his family.
Time of India
16-06-2025
- Time of India
ED files chargesheet against Pak man who made Indian govt IDs for Bangaldeshis in Kolkata
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a chargesheet under the anti-money laundering law against a Pakistani man, living as an Indian in Kolkata, after illegally procuring as many as five vital government IDs including Aadhaar, voter card and passport. He was laundering funds by making "fake" Indian IDs for Bangladeshis who came here and through other illegal activities like hawala, the federal probe agency said in a statement on Monday. The ED said it has submitted the prosecution complaint against the man named Ajad Mallik alias Ahammed Hossain Azad and Azad Hossain before a special Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA) court in Kolkata on June 13. Play Video Pause Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 0:00 Loaded : 0% 0:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 새로 나온 '실손보험' 최적가 비교추천! "월 보험료 줄이고, 보장은 더 든든하게"... 굿리치 보험대리점 (등록번호:제2006038313호) 가격 받기 Undo The court has taken cognisance against the "Pakistani national" and fixed a date for hearing, it said. The ED, which carried out raids in this case in April, had then said in a press statement that Mallik was a Bangladeshi national. It arrested Mallik under the anti-money laundering law and the probe brought to light that he was indeed a Pakistani national. Live Events The ED case stems from a West Bengal Police FIR against Mallik and unidentified others for violation of the Foreigners Act of 1946. "Probe found that the man was a Pakistani national illegally living in India," the ED statement said. "A Pakistani driving licence dating back to 1994 was recovered from his mobile phone bearing the name Azad Hossain and featuring the photograph of Ajad Mallik alias Ahammed Hossain Azad. It listed his father's name as Mumtaz-Ul-Haque and a permanent address in Pakistan," the ED said. It said the driving licence recorded his date of birth as 14.08.1971 and it was issued by the Licensing Authority in Hyderabad, Pakistan. In order to "conceal" his true identity, the ED said, the man adopted the alias "Ajad Mallik" and procured multiple Indian identity documents like Aadhaar, PAN (permanent account number issued by the income-tax department) card, driving license, voter ID and passport by submitting "forged" and "fabricated" documents, as per the ED. The agency found that the man operated a "hawala" network to facilitate illegal cross-border remittances between India and Bangladesh, collecting payments in cash and UPI, before transferring equivalent amounts to Bangladesh using platforms like 'Bkash', an online financial transaction platform of Bangladesh. "He was also involved in illegal money transfers and document forgery and was actively involved in facilitating the preparation of visas and passports for Bangladeshi nationals seeking to travel to countries like Dubai, Cambodia and Malaysia," the ED said. The Pakistani man collected payments in Bangladeshi Taka, US Dollar, and Indian Rupee and deposited these amounts into his own bank account or transferred them to the accounts of associates engaged in fraudulent visa or passport processing, the ED alleged. He played a "significant" role in "fraudulent" activities carried out at certain forex changers (full-fledged money changers) based in Kolkata, in which "huge" cash deposits were declared as proceeds from legitimate foreign currency sales to customers but were actually "proceeds of crime" linked to "unlawful" activities including the creation of "fake" Indian identities for Bangladeshis to obtain passports, the ED said. The ED had said in April that the man has two sons, Osama Bin Azad and Omar Faruk, and his wife Maymuna Akhter, residing in Bangladesh and are citizens of that country. It said the man "frequently" visited Bangladesh to meet his family.
Indian Express
30-05-2025
- Indian Express
ED probe finds illegal from Bangladesh is from Pakistan
One of the reasons behind the Centre's renewed push to send illegal Bangladeshi immigrants back to their country is the growing suspicion, triggered by an ongoing probe of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), that some of them may actually be Pakistani nationals who crossed over illegally through Bangladesh, The Indian Express has learnt. Sources said the ED probe is linked to an arrest made by the agency in Kolkata on April 15 of a man identified as Ajad Mallik alias Ahammed Hossain Azad in connection with a money laundering case. At the time, sources said, Mallik was under probe for being an illegal immigrant from Bangladesh who was allegedly running a passport and visa racket. But when the agency conducted searches at premises associated with him, it found ID papers linking him to Pakistan, including a driving license from Karachi, sources said. Speaking to The Indian Express, a senior ED official described Mallik as 'a deep asset' of the Pakistani establishment. 'He was planted rather meticulously. A scan of his phone shows he has made close to 300 calls to Pakistan in the past few years. He is part of multiple Pakistani WhatsApp groups. We are probing these for suspected espionage activities. He was also getting fake passports and visas made. It is being probed if he has helped Pakistani citizens illegally enter India,' the official said. Late last month, in a submission related to the case before a PMLA court in Kolkata, the ED said the 'evidence on record suggests that he (Mallik) is undertaking activities on the instructions received from persons based out of Pakistan'. The agency is now verifying all of Mallik's contacts in India, including those who obtained ID papers from him. Officials said the agency has also frozen `2.62 crore in bank accounts linked to him and alleged that the funds were being siphoned to Bangladesh. 'Investigation has revealed that Ajad Mallik, initially suspected to be Bangladesh National by the name Ahammed Hossain Azad, was actually Azad Hussain, a Pakistan National… living in India under the assumed identity of Ajad Mallik in Bankara, Birati, PS Airport, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Azad Hussain was found involved in fraudulently obtaining Indian Identity documents for illegal immigrants from Bangladesh in lieu of money,' the ED told the special court. Sources said Mallik is suspected to have entered Bangladesh in the early 2000s and acquired citizenship after marrying a local resident. Investigators believe Mallik illegally entered India around ten years ago, sources said, although his family continues to live in Bangladesh. The ED has claimed in court that Mallik fraudulently obtained Indian documents, such as voter ID, driving license, passport and an Aadhaar card — and even voted in a Parliamentary election and an Assembly poll in West Bengal. He has also been running a 'flourishing business' of procuring Indian ID papers for illegal immigrants, the agency has claimed. According to the ED submission, Mallik was allegedly in touch with a number of agents or touts for making fake Indian ID cards, including passports for Bangladeshi nationals for money. 'Azad Hussain alias Ajad Mallik is also found to be in regular touch with various agents all over India and involved in creating fake visa for people seeking jobs abroad. The incriminating conversations reveal that Azad Hussain is instructing agents to forge/ edit passport/ visa of individuals. Suspected persons are found to be using multiple mobile numbers and changing them frequently. Further investigation is underway in this regard,' the ED told court. The Centre has increased its surveillance of illegal immigrants in the country over the past couple of months, particularly after the Pahalgam terror attack.
