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20 Indians arrested after SR 9 billion hawala scam unearned in Saudi Arabia

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October 14, 2016

Jeddah, Oct 14: Police in Saudi Arabia have busted a major hawala racket and arrested 32 from Jeddah on charges of money laundering.

hawalaAccording to reliable sources, at least 20 among the arrested are Indians and many of them are South Indians.

The accused, arrested in two separate cases, allegedly handled 9 billion Saudi Riyal in illegal money transfers, the police said.

Eight of them were released on bail while the trial of the remaining accused has been proceeding in a court here.

The accused Indians deposited the money in different accounts and transferred them through hawala networks in a year.

Several Saudi businessmen and bank employees who helped them to carry out the illegal transfers were among those arrested, the police said.

It is one of the biggest case under economic offences as per the crime records of Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile, Saudi police have arrested one more Indian for suspected links with the IS. With this, the number of Indians arrested for terror links has risen to 20.

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Rishab
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Friday, 14 Oct 2016

9 billion saudi riyal! That means almost 20 times more Indian rupees!! I cant imagine. This is greater than any Indian state budget. Are they investing in terrorism?

Salman
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Friday, 14 Oct 2016

expats dig their own graves.

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Bengaluru, Feb 19: Karnataka Forest Minister Anand Singh on Wednesday said that there was no criminal case filed directly against him.

When asked about PIL filed in the Karnataka High Court against him, Singh told media: "Some lawyer has filed a PIL against me in the High Court. I cannot stop anyone from filing the PIL."

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