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Abdul Jabbar Bhat alias Moulvi, a resident of Zampakadal, and Shoukat Ahmed Shah of New Colony, Lal Bazaar, were arrested by a joint party of the Border Security Force and the state police on Tuesday night, a BSF spokesman said in Srinagar on Wednesday.
The spokesman said Moulvi was instrumental in receiving illegal funds from across the border and had had received Rs 20 lakh [approximately US $40,800] till date for distribution to TuM cadres.
Shah was also involved in havala transactions and had received Rs 10 lakh [US $20,400] through different channels in January this year for distribution, he added.
Both men were working under Moulvi's cover in the Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadis office at Barbarshah in Srinagar, the spokesman said.
According to him, Shah, during the Hajj pilgrimage two years ago, had reportedly visited Pakistan from Saudia Arabia in a special aircraft arranged by the Inter-Services Intelligence.
He claimed that the two were working as nodal agents for distributing money to TuM cadres.
The Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadis, in a press note to the local media a week back, had claimed that BSF personnel had arrested two of its activists (Shah and Moulvi), and condemned the arrest.
Wednesday's claim of busting a havala channel is the third such claim in two months.
PTI
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