The Maharashtra ATS said a search at Kanwar Patrija's house yielded "very important pieces of evidence".
The Maharashtra ATS, probing the July 13 serial bomb blasts here, today said a search at arrested hawala operator Kanwar Patrija's house in Uttar Pradesh yielded "very important pieces of evidence".
"A search was conducted at the residence of Patrija in Ghaziabad yesterday. Two broken mobile handsets, a slightly damaged SIM card and two diaries consisting the details of one year's hawala transactions were recovered. These things are very important pieces of evidence in the case," ATS chief Rakesh Maria said here.
The 42-year-old was arrested on Monday from Delhi in the blast case and two diaries were seized from him.
Patrija, who runs a jewellery shop in Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi, has been accused of handing over Rs10 lakh to fugitive Indian Mujahideen top operative Yasin Bhatkal at the behest of another arrested accused Haroon Naik for executing the co-ordinated blasts that killed 27 people in the metropolis on July 13 last year.
Patrija, in police custody till February 10, is said to be into hawala operations since the last 4-5 years.
Maharashtra ATS has written to Enforcement Directorate and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seeking help in investigations into hawala angle of the case as it is not authorised to probe transactions covered by the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).
"We have also written to the Centre through the State Government requesting that the ATS and Mumbai Crime Branch be allowed to probe PMLA-related cases too. Hawala transactions usually surface during many cases probed by either ATS or Mumbai Crime Branch," Maria said.
The four arrested accused Naqi Ahmed, Nadeem, Patrija and Naik are likely to be booked under PMLA as the money used in the 13/7 blasts was sent to India from aboard through hawala channel, police said.
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