KARACHI – Karachi Police SSP Irfan Bahadur has made stunning revelationsabout busting an alleged Daesh terror financing network.
About the money trail for terror financing, SSP Bahadur said theinvestigators have so far detected over 50 bank accounts used to despatchmoney to the Daesh terrorists in Afghanistan from Pakistan.
He said the investigators have also arrested two cloth traders from Karachiand Quetta for transferring funds through ‘Hawala Hundi’ to the Daeshnetwork in Afghanistan.
The AVCC chief Irfan Bahadur said “this is a major case and theapprehensions have given us a breakthrough in unearthing and tracing amoney trail used to finance terror in Pakistan.”
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He said the recent terrorist bombings in the Mastung, Quetta and otherparts of the country were carried out due to the funds generated bycriminal proceeds of kidnapping for ransom and extortion. Several Daeshmilitants were killed and arrested by the police but it is for the firsttime that the investigators have traced the money trail.
“The Daesh militants are generating funds from Pakistan including Karachiand their supporters, including some businessmen are helping them transfermoney to other countries including Afghanistan,” Irfan said. Similarly, thePolice have also traced at least four more cases of kidnapping for ransomby Daesh terrorists in Karachi.
