Khan is wanted by the ED for allegedly holding unaccounted money to the tune of US$ 8 billion in his Swiss bank accounts and some undisclosed accounts in the UAE. Authorities are investigating Khan's financial transactions within and outside the country, including monetary dealings with international arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi.
Stud farm owner Hasan Ali held
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Express news service Posted: Dec 16, 2008 at 0112 hrs IST
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Mumbai: The Worli police on Monday arrested Hasan Ali Khan, Pune-based stud farm owner and businessman, in a case of forgery, cheating and procuring fake passports under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Indian Passport Act.
The fake passport case against Khan was registered in Worli police station in January 2008. He has been remanded in police custody till December 19. On Monday, Khan surrendered in the Bhoiwada court and was subsequently arrested by the police. According to the official complaint, the probe found that Khan had allegedly lost his original passport during 2006 while he was touring England. This passport had been issued by the Hyderabad Regional Passport Office. A fresh passport was issued to him based on the intervention of the Indian High Commission, with a one-year validity.
Khan is alleged to have travelled the world with this passport and also spent a considerable time in Switzerland and Canada, according to the police. He later returned to Pune and renewed the passport from there.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had started a parallel probe where they found that Hasan had travelled using two other passports. "We found that there were at least two more passports, one issued from Patna and the other from Mumbai," said DCP Ashok Deshbhratar.
The DCP said police are also checking if these two passports were used for money laundering or if they were used to visit any enemy countries, over the last two years.
The police had been chasing Khan for 11 months with 49 visits made to several places to arrest him. The ED is also probing Khan's role under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and Foreign Exchange Management Act.
Khan is wanted by the ED for allegedly holding unaccounted money to the tune of US$ 8 billion in his Swiss bank accounts and some undisclosed accounts in the UAE. Authorities are investigating Khan's financial transactions within and outside the country, including monetary dealings with international arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi. |
