This is in continuation to our earlier article dated October 30.
Readers may recall that we had published about the arrest of a gang involved in
money laundering and human trafficking which had been busted by the Singapore
Police along with the Indian authorities. All the accused in that case who are
facing jail terms have been imprisoned in Singapore till the end of their terms.
The main mastermind Xi Lee along with his other Singapore based gang members
& also the main accused from India Vimalaksha Saraf along with his niece Ms Dipali
face lengthy jail terms. Now the focus has turned to the other aspects of the racket.
The Singapore Police have rounded up almost everybody involved in Singapore and
make regular visits to India to bust the racket completely and find out the involvement
of the Air India staff who are mainly involved in the racket. After a very lengthy investigation
they have zeroed in on the main racketeers who are involved right from the top ranks to
the bottom rungs. The main suspects are P.K. Singh who is in charge of pilot training,
S. T. Sharma operations manager, P. S. Pandya finance officer and some other officials
from the technical side K. K. Bose, S. Singh, R. T. Ray, U. Wagh, P. K. Mondal,
T. S. Kumar and some people from the lower ranks. All these officials have been suspended
by Air India till the investigations are over. If they are found guilty they will face prison
terms depending on their guilt & involvement in the racket. The Singapore govt. has thanked
the Indian govt. & Air India for all the help extended. Along with the Air India staff some
of their children are also under investigation in various countries like USA & UK.
Most of them are either in New York, Chicago and Florida in the USA & London in the UK.
The respective govts of this countries are extending all help in the investigation.
The role of whistle blowers who are people that have helped in the investigation has
to be acknowledged. Many of them are insiders who are close to the accused and with
their in depth knowledge they have helped the police in cracking the case sometime
with great personal risk to their life. These people are Mr X. Jun of Singapore who was
a close friend of the mastermind Lee and did not like at all the illegal happenings and
decided to expose Lee with great risk to himself. His has been a very big contribution to
the investigation along with some other informers in Singapore. The role of some
whistle blowers in India has also to be acknowledged. Mr R. K. Rane of Navi Mumbai
a former business partner of Vimalaskha Saraf who completely exposed his role in the
whole affair along with another person Mr R. Waghela who was also a friend of Saraf.
Mr Harish S. Nayak of Bangalore exposed the other accused Ms Dipali who had been
divorced from his cousin. He had known her from the days when she was married to his
cousin a international banker from Singapore. After the divorce when she went into bad
company he decided to expose her illegal acts and got in touch with
the Singapore police through his cousin. He kept a pretence of friendship with her while all along getting the details of the scam from her which she did not suspect. The info which he supplied has
helped the police in busting some of the aspects of the case in India. The Singapore govt. has
acknowledged the help of all the whistle blowers in this case and they will get a
certificate soon. Till now their names had been kept secret but now since the gang has been
busted with just a few loose ends to be tied up the govt has decided to acknowledge their
contribution.
Singapore has no tolerance for crime of any sort and this is a good example of the
speed with which the police has acted. We will keep you posted in further
developments in this case.
Readers may recall that we had published about the arrest of a gang involved in
money laundering and human trafficking which had been busted by the Singapore
Police along with the Indian authorities. All the accused in that case who are
facing jail terms have been imprisoned in Singapore till the end of their terms.
The main mastermind Xi Lee along with his other Singapore based gang members
& also the main accused from India Vimalaksha Saraf along with his niece Ms Dipali
face lengthy jail terms. Now the focus has turned to the other aspects of the racket.
The Singapore Police have rounded up almost everybody involved in Singapore and
make regular visits to India to bust the racket completely and find out the involvement
of the Air India staff who are mainly involved in the racket. After a very lengthy investigation
they have zeroed in on the main racketeers who are involved right from the top ranks to
the bottom rungs. The main suspects are P.K. Singh who is in charge of pilot training,
S. T. Sharma operations manager, P. S. Pandya finance officer and some other officials
from the technical side K. K. Bose, S. Singh, R. T. Ray, U. Wagh, P. K. Mondal,
T. S. Kumar and some people from the lower ranks. All these officials have been suspended
by Air India till the investigations are over. If they are found guilty they will face prison
terms depending on their guilt & involvement in the racket. The Singapore govt. has thanked
the Indian govt. & Air India for all the help extended. Along with the Air India staff some
of their children are also under investigation in various countries like USA & UK.
Most of them are either in New York, Chicago and Florida in the USA & London in the UK.
The respective govts of this countries are extending all help in the investigation.
The role of whistle blowers who are people that have helped in the investigation has
to be acknowledged. Many of them are insiders who are close to the accused and with
their in depth knowledge they have helped the police in cracking the case sometime
with great personal risk to their life. These people are Mr X. Jun of Singapore who was
a close friend of the mastermind Lee and did not like at all the illegal happenings and
decided to expose Lee with great risk to himself. His has been a very big contribution to
the investigation along with some other informers in Singapore. The role of some
whistle blowers in India has also to be acknowledged. Mr R. K. Rane of Navi Mumbai
a former business partner of Vimalaskha Saraf who completely exposed his role in the
whole affair along with another person Mr R. Waghela who was also a friend of Saraf.
Mr Harish S. Nayak of Bangalore exposed the other accused Ms Dipali who had been
divorced from his cousin. He had known her from the days when she was married to his
cousin a international banker from Singapore. After the divorce when she went into bad
company he decided to expose her illegal acts and got in touch with
the Singapore police through his cousin. He kept a pretence of friendship with her while all along getting the details of the scam from her which she did not suspect. The info which he supplied has
helped the police in busting some of the aspects of the case in India. The Singapore govt. has
acknowledged the help of all the whistle blowers in this case and they will get a
certificate soon. Till now their names had been kept secret but now since the gang has been
busted with just a few loose ends to be tied up the govt has decided to acknowledge their
contribution.
Singapore has no tolerance for crime of any sort and this is a good example of the
speed with which the police has acted. We will keep you posted in further
developments in this case.
