Gorakhpur terror funding: UP ATS arrests mastermind Ramesh Shah
Gorakhpur terror funding mastermind Ramesh Shah has been arrested in a joint operation by the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra Police, here on Thursday.
He is currently being brought to Lucknow on transit remand. Shah would be produced in an Uttar Pradesh court and taken on remand for further interrogation, said Inspector General of ATS Aseem Arun.
Shah was the kingpin of the gang of six people involved in criminal conspiracy and distributing money into various bank accounts on the instructions given by a Pakistani handler were arrested on March 24 from Gorakhpur, as per the official reports.
The ATS official on his instructions said more than Rs 1 crore exchanged hands between the Pakistani handler and terror operatives, with major funds coming from the Middle East, Jammu and Kashmir and Kerala and distributed to various states.
-PTC News
