http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1855791.cms
Joint anti-terror drive gives mafia the scare MUMBAI: With the Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh police forces joining hands to fight terror in the 7/11 blasts case, it's definitely bad news for another section of criminals-the underworld. Intelligence inputs with both agencies reveal Mumbai's gangsters use Uttar Pradesh-especially the Lucknow-Gorakhpur belt-to cross the porous Nepal border and reach the relatively safe haven of Kathmandu. Conversely, the cash-rich UP mafiosi wanting to climb the ladder of criminal success seek a base in India's El Dorado-Mumbai. But joint police investigations have led to a win-win situation for both states' forces. Earlier this week, the D N Nagar police and the Special Task Force of the UP police killed dreaded criminal Kripashankar Chaudhary in an encounter. A close aide of UP don Munna Bajrangi, Chaudhary was supervising an extortion racket in Mumbai, besides pumping mafia money into the construction business, officials said. With as many as 36 offences lodged against him, Chaudhary was naturally the most wanted man on the UP police's list. "STF officials were closely liaising with the Mumbai police for a month before swooping down on Chaudhary. In fact, they camped in Mumbai for over two weeks, gathering intelligence on Chaudhary," an IPS officer told TOI. In another instance last fortnight, the UP police arrested a bandit from the Chambal ravines who had taken shelter in Borivli for years. The UP police had taken help from the ATS in Mumbai to electronically track Mangli Kevat, who was wanted in over 40 cases including murder and abduction. On the other hand, gangland operatives from Mumbai have started moving up north following a spate of encounter killings in the city. "Kathmandu is considered a haven for Mumbai's gangland operatives, so towns like Gorakhpur, with their proximity to the Indo-Nepal border, are where they want to set up new bases,"an official said. The STF has a strong network in these towns. Arms providers and sharpshooters for most gangs hail from Uttar Pradesh. A partnership with the UP police means tracing these offenders becomes easier after they commit crimes in Mumbai. "The Mumbai crime branch approached us during the Madhur Bhandarkar-Preeti Jaiin case, in which a conspiracy was alleged to bump off the film-maker,"said SSP Rajesh Pandey of the STF. "An aide of the shooter was holed up in UP and we helped trace him." Pandey cited another case in Ghatkopar three months ago, in which a Bhojpuri singer had been killed in a blast inside a chawl room. "Forensic experts found that gunpowder, used for making crude bombs, had caused the explosion. Subsequently, a Ghatkopar police team went to UP and with our assistance nabbed a 30-year-old woman who had brought the explosives from Lucknow,"he said. The woman's associates in Mumbai, including the deceased singer, had planned to manufacture bombs. On the terror front, the STF dug up the antecedents of 7/11 blasts suspect Muzammil Shaikh on a request made by the Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad. Muzammil, a software developer, was educated in a UP college. Muzammil is believed to be a prize catch since he is likely to provide the ATS with important leads on the absconding accused. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
