The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday secured a non-bailable arrest warrant (NBW) against Greater Kailash-based Hawala dealer Dharmendra Singh Anand, a close associate of controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi, in the money laundering case registered against the later and his associates. The development comes a day after Qureshi was arrested and was produced in court that sentenced him to police custody till August 31. 

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With non-bailable arrest warrant in hand, ED will now approach the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with a formal plea to issue a Red Corner Notice (RCN) against Anand.  The agency said they suspect that Anand is secretly staying in Thailand. According to a source, there is also a case against Anand in London and the accused is also on the list of wanted criminals of the British Police. 

“Soon after a case was registered against Anand, he fled and went into hiding,” said a source. 

The CBI has a special Interpol Wing to consider such a request and is the only Indian authority to issue all kinds of notices to catch criminals and terrorists at an international level. Explaining the procedure of issuing an RCN, a CBI officer said, “Once the ED puts a formal request before the CBI for an RCN against Anand, the case file will be reviewed. It will be decided what colour of notice needs to be issued against him as he is not a hardcore criminal or terrorist.”  The process usually takes a day or two. “Once the decision is taken, CBI will request Interpol to issue the notice so that Anand could be arrested from any corner of the world and handed over to ED,” said the CBI officer.