Odisha

Odisha CB Takes Gangster Tito On Remand For Three More Days

By
OB Bureau

Kendrapara: Kendrapara SDJM court on Friday allowed Crime Branch to take gangster Tito alias Syed Usman Ali on remand for three more days.

The Crime Branch sleuths had produced the gangster before the court and appealed to take Tito on remand for further interrogation in connection with his illegal properties and financial transactions.

Earlier this morning, former councillor of Ward-16 in Kendrapara district Hifzul Rehman had deposed before Odisha Crime Branch in connection with his alleged links with gangster Tito.

The Crime Branch had asked Rehman to appear before it following some vital information pertaining to it.

The Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch has also decided to interrogate gangster Tito’s wife Benazir Bibi, who owns most of the criminal’s properties.

STF officials have traced a luxury car worth Rs 60 lakh belonging to Tito and frozen five of his bank accounts in Kendrapara district.

Besides, the investigating agency will also probe the ownership of a petrol pump belonging to Tito to find out how permission was granted to him for opening a filling station despite his criminal background.

The Crime Branch has already begun the process of freezing Tito’s bank accounts, those of his wife and 16 of their relatives.

During the course of the investigation, the Crime Branch came across more than 50 accounts, belonging to Tito and his relatives, in 34 banks.

The investigating agency has also written to tehsildars of Kendrapara, Dharmasala, Balichandrapur, Garadpur, Pattamundai, Marsaghai and Mahakalapada for information pertaining to the tendering process of Balighats and the involvement of Tito and his aides in it.

The Crime Branch has also served a notice to producer of Odia movie Biswanath over allegations that Tito had invested in it. The mahurat of the film was held recently.

Further inquiry is on for more vital information in the matter and to ascertain whether the gangster invested in any other film.

Earlier, Crime Branch sleuths had produced Tito before the Kendrapara SDJM court and sought 10-day remand for interrogating him on his crime network, inter-state and business links. However, the court granted permission for remand of four more days on July 9.

The STF had taken him on five-day remand on June 4.

An STF team had also visited Kolkata on Sunday to obtain information regarding Tito’s alleged links and properties in the city.

Properties, including land, vehicles and houses, worth Rs 2 crore were unravelled during the raid.

OB Bureau

Recent Posts

Why Simi Garewal Deleted Post Defending Abhishek Bachchan Amid His Divorce Rumours?

New Delhi: Bollywood actress and talk show host Simi Garewal recently shared a post defending…

November 6, 2024

Odisha: Govt Engineering College Student Thrashed By Seniors For Raising Voice Against Ragging

Keonjhar: A second-year student of a government engineering college in Odisha's Keonjhar on Wednesday brought…

November 6, 2024

‘Mai Jald Hi Aaungi’: How Noted Folk Singer Sharda Sinha Kept Promise To Late Husband

New Delhi: Folk singer Sharda Sinha, who was admitted to AIIMS due to complications related…

November 6, 2024

Odisha Police Debunks Murder-For-Robbery Plot, Arrest Man For Killing Spouse

Jeypore: A 24-year-old inconsolable man, rolling on the ground unable to bear the loss of…

November 6, 2024

LMV License Holders Can Drive Transport Vehicles: Supreme Court

New Delhi: A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a…

November 6, 2024

2 Die, One Critical As Car Crashes Into Tree In Odisha’s Konark

Bhubaneswar: Two persons died while another sustained critical injuries as the car in which they…

November 6, 2024

US Election Results: Trump Ahead Of Harris In Three Swing States

New Delhi: Tens of millions of Americans are choosing between two candidates with vastly different…

November 6, 2024

Thieves Decamp With Jewellery & Cash From Tara Tarini Temple In Odisha’s Ganjam

Berhampur: Unidentified miscreants decamped with gold and silver jewellery worth lakhs of rupees and all…

November 6, 2024