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Apart from Jyothika, four other people including her brother have also been arrested in this case. According to a top police officer, the accused were caught after a complaint was lodged about suspicious financial transactions, PTI reported.
Sonitpur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Barun Purkayastha said the investigation began when unusually significant foreign deposits were detected in the bank account of a family from Borjhar village in Tezpur. “Based on a complaint submitted by the bank, we initiated an investigation which led to several shocking findings,” he said.
The main accused, a woman who had returned from Dubai on December 5, was arrested along with three others in connection with the case. While three others were taken into judicial custody the same day, a local court remanded the woman to police custody.
According to preliminary investigation, Jyotika secretly married a Pakistani national – Ramzan Muhammad – while working in Dubai, reports NDTV. Her family has accepted the marriage, and police have described the man as an enemy national.
Police recovered 44 ATM cards, 17 bank passbooks, check books and other documents from the four accused in connection with alleged irregular financial transactions.
“During interrogation the woman said that she was in a relationship with a Pakistani man and they got married on February 25. Records of her foreign trips have been found during the investigation,” Purkayastha said.
Jyotika allegedly transferred large amounts of money illegally through a network of mule accounts and was involved in online fraud in several countries, including Mauritius, Nepal and Bangladesh.
Reportedly, Jyotika had direct contacts with Pakistani operatives based in the UK and the Middle East, who used the mule account network to transfer funds.
Further investigation is ongoing in this matter.