Black money from cattle smuggling wired to Bengal's ruling party, security forces via hawala: CBI
India TodayThe Central Bureau of Investigation, besides naming TMC strongman Anubrata Mondal in its chargesheet in the 2020 smuggling case, has mentioned that black money from Bangladesh used to be transferred to politicians from West Bengal's ruling party policemen, and Border Security Force via a hawala dealer. The CBI claimed that after smuggling the cattle to Bangladesh along the Indo-Bangladesh international border, illegal money used to come from Bangladesh through prime accused Md Enamul Haque. CBI said arrested Enamul Haque had various associates working at different places, including Murshidabad, Birbhum, and Kolkata, who used to co-ordinate on different aspects of cattle smuggling, such as generation of funds from hawala operators, procurement of cattle, transportation of cattle towards the international border, participation in customs auction of cattle at different units, managing the BSF officers, local police and politicians for smooth passage of cattle to Bangladesh. “Among various people, one Manoj Sana used to receive cash through hawala from different entities on directions of Enamul Haque,” the CBI mentioned.