Chinese Hawala case: Charlie Peng spying on Dalai Lama and his associates

New Delhi: Based on credible information regarding Chinese individuals and their associates being involved in money laundering and hawala, the Income Tax department has anticipated that the key accused Charlie Peng aka Luo Sang was spying on Dalai Lama and his associates.

This comes after the department found that Peng was bribing lamas in Delhi.  Peng is also accused of givening cash of Rs 2 to 3 lakhs to some individuals near Majnu ka Tila, Tibetan refugee colony in Delhi.

According to the I-T department, the entire communication was being done through the Chinese mobile applications WeChat. Office boys working with Charlie Peng were used to drop these cash packets who have given a statement before the I-T department that they were given to some Lamas.

Income Tax Department busted a hawala racket

The CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) on Monday claimed that the Income Tax Department has busted a hawala racket worth Rs 3,300-crore and spread across multiple cities such as Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad with links to “leading corporate houses” in the infrastructure sector.

During the search action it was revealed that at the behest of the Chinese nationals, more than 40 bank accounts were created in dummy entities, through which credits of over Rs 1,000 crore were entered into over the period, a statement by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said. Moreover, it was also revealed that the subsidiary of a Chinese company and its related concerns took over Rs 100 crore bogus advances from shell entities for opening retail showrooms businesses in the country.

Further, incriminating documents revealing hawala transactions money laundering with the involvement of bank employees and chartered accountants (CAs) were found during the search action.

The evidence of hawala transactions being done using Hong Kong and US Dollars were also unearthed.

Further investigation is underway.