(NewsRadio); Underworld figure Mohamed Najim Mohamed Imran alias ‘Kanjipani Imran’ has reportedly fled to India through Rameshwaran days after his release on bail by a court.
The Hindu reported that the Tamil Nadu intelligence has alerted the senior police officers across the State to be on standby along the coastal districts and look for him and his associate who landed along the Ramanathapuram district coast on Christmas Day.
‘Kanjipani Imran’, wanted by the Sri Lankan authorities for various offences, including murders and criminal intimidation, was arrested in Dubai in 2019 and deported to the country.
He was in custody until a court granted him bail earlier this month.
The Hindu said the Tamil Nadu intelligence had a specific input from central intelligence agencies and reliable sources that Imran was planning to enter India after his release on bail.
The information was that he left the court in disguise and moved to Talaimannar from where his associates were making arrangements for his infiltration into India.
A senior police officer told the Hindu, “Imran is a drug kingpin with strong connections with heroin and cocaine suppliers based out of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He is facing several cases in Sri Lanka. On information that Imran would attend a birthday function in Dubai, a special team arrested him there in 2019. His gang is actively involved in big time smuggling of drugs across maritime boundary lines.”
The officer has also said though there is no formal communication from Sri Lanka on Imran escaping to India, intelligence agencies received credible input on his movement and issued the alert.
The entry of Imran into Tamil Nadu gains significance in the backdrop of the Indian National Investigation Agency exposing an international drug cartel involving Sri Lankan nationals operating from the Special Camp in Tiruchi that houses foreign nationals facing criminal charges.
