Sleuths of the Commissioner's Task Force busted a suspected hawala racket, which allegedly had links to Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. They arrested a six-member gang and seized ₹1.36 crore from their possession. “The accused were organising money transactions in guise of exporting chilli to Malaysia from Andhra Pradesh. Posing as task force police, Harshavardhan, Bhavanishankar, Dasu and the juvenile reportedly intercepted Nagaraju's vehicle and took away the cash in Two Town area, on February 26. Ravindra reportedly posed as task force inspector in the offence.Following a complaint, the police registered a case and rounded up the gang members.

Source: The Hindu April 02, 2019 19:07 UTC