The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today conducted search operations at 13 premises in connection with a case relating to an alleged terror funding and illegal infiltration network. The premises include Kolkata, North 24 Pargana, South 24 Pargana and Murshidabad in West Bengal, Ballabhgarh in Faridabad, Haryana; Deoband in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh; Delhi; and other places. The case originates from an FIR registered by the Uttar Pradesh ATS against organized syndicate allegedly involved in facilitating illegal infiltration of Rohingya and Bangladeshi nationals into India, arranging forged Indian identity documents and aiding their rehabilitation in various parts of the country. During the searches at Harora Al-Jamiatul Islamia Darul Uloom, Kalilkapur in West Bengal, cash of 40 lakh rupees and gold coins were found.
The investigation has revealed a deep-rooted financial network involving certain charitable trusts and entities allegedly receiving substantial foreign contributions and diverting the same through multiple bank accounts and mule accounts to facilitate illegal activities. The initial investigation has further indicated that cash withdrawals and multiple small-value fund transfers were utilized to transfer funds to suspected beneficiaries.