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| Record sums of cash drawn through Nepali credit cards in J&K | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 18: Record amounts of cash have been drawn from ATMs in J&K through Nepali credit cards, giving rise to speculations that the foreign funds could be part of the hawala money to fund militancy here.
Only few days back, chief minister Omar Abdullah had expressed concern over the illegal flow of foreign funds into the valley.
Official sources said the Income Tax (IT) department stumbled upon instances of usage of Nepal-based credit cards to withdraw huge sums of money from ATMs in Jammu and Kashmir.
IT had found usage of credit cards issued from Nepal to draw cash running into crores of rupees, the sources added.
Sources said the department in New Delhi had also contacted banking regulator RBI to ascertain the identity of banks and their affiliated ATMs being used by individuals or groups to draw this
huge sum.The department would probe to ascertain the total amount of money
withdrawn through these channels and forward the suspicious transactions to enforcement agencies like the Intelligence Bureau, CBI and DRI for further action, the sources added.
Sources said this could be a new way of Pakistan's ISI to pump hawala money into the disturbed state.
Earlier, the hawala money was being brought here by the infiltrating groups of militants and also by some ISI agents by hiding the notes in the doors of cars and other vehicles.
A car was seized by police at Lakhanpur here two years, or so back after a huge cash, hidden in the hollow space in the door, was seized. The cash was to be delivered to a Lashkar commander in Kashmir.
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