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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
 - 
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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May 12,2020

Bengaluru, May 12: People returning to Karnataka from other states will have to remain in quarantine">institutional quarantine even if they are asymptomatic, according to Department of Health and Family Welfare Services, Government of Karnataka

"All persons returning to Karnataka from any State, symptomatic or asymptomatic shall be kept in quarantine">institutional quarantine," read an order issued by the State Health and Family Welfare Services.

It further read, "For persons claiming to come from Goa, Deputy Commissioner of receiving district should verify and in the event of adequate capacity not being available, can put them in home quarantine for a period of 14 days, if the claim regarding the origin state is confirmed."

"Deputy Commissioner/Special Commissioner, BBMP will fix the rates for hotels where such returnees will be staying on a payment basis," the statement read.

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May 1,2020

Bengaluru, May 1: Former underworld don and real-estate baron Muthappa Rai was admitted to Manipal hospital in Bengaluru on Thursday.

As per sources, Muttappa Rai’s condition is said to be serious.

Muthappa Rai was diagnosed with brain cancer two years ago and had undergone treatment at hospitals in New Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru.

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April 9,2020

Udupi, Apr 9: Deputy Commissioner G. Jagadeesha said that criminal cases would be booked against owners of houses and sheds who were collecting rent from those, including workers, staying in rented houses.

In a statement issued here on Wednesday, Mr Jagadeesha said that to prevent the spread of COVID-19, restrictions had been imposed throughout the district under Section 144 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

The administration had through an earlier order made it clear that house owners and shed owners should not collect rent from their tenants and workers for March and April.

But the administration had received complaints that some house owners and shed owners were collecting rent despite the order.

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