Hyderabad: Nayeemuddin had used several former Maoists in Telangana for his illegal activities. Nayeem used to send them to businessmen in Nalgonda to threaten and collect money. His gang also used to collect hafta from rich traders and realtors in the district, revealed the gangster’s former classmate S. Ramakrishna, a businessman from Bhongir.
Mr Ramakrishna said that Nayeem had sent a former Maoist to extort money from him. Nayeem’s gang also brutally killed Ramakrishna’s brother over a land dispute. “After my brother was killed, I met Nayeem. He said that my brother was intervening in a dispute,” he added. Nayeem had also threatened to kill Mr Ramakrishna’s family and extorted Rs 12 lakh. "Nayeem used to send people to extort money. He threatened to kill all men in our family and took Rs 50 lakh from my cousin,” he said.
SIT gets calls from abroad:
The SIT has received three calls from Nayeemuddin’s victims abroad. Two calls came from NRIs in the Gulf and one from an NRI settled in the US. The complainants alleged that Nayeem had called them and threatened to kill their families before gabbing their lands. The SIT has asked the victims to provide evidence and to file a formal complaint. So far 150 calls have been received by the SIT in connection with Nayeem’s case.
Meanwhile, the SIT has received a photo of Nayeem partying with an additional SP in a famous hotel in the city. It is suspected that the cop had helped Nayeem to carry out his illegal activities. The probe team has got some evidence on a TRS MLC's connections with the gangster. The team has also got evidence about a DSP, who had worked in the State Intelligence Bureau, helping Nayeem on various occasions.
The SIT has been probing four major aspects of the case. While one team is focusing on cracking down on Nayeem's associates and family members, another team is concentrating on verifying the illegal assets of Nayeem. Another team is investigating the murders carried out by Nayeem's gang, while the fourth team is investigating human trafficking and other illegal activities.
1 more Nayeem pal nabbed:
The Special Investig-ation Team on Monday arrested one more associate of renegade Naxal Nayeemuddin in connection with the ongoing investigation into his crimes. Mohammed Sameeruddin, 26, a native of Nalgonda, was arrested from Vanasthalipuram. Police officials said that Sameeruddin was a close associate of the gangster and had been named accused number 6 in the First Information Report.
He will be produced in court on Tuesday, police said Earlier, the police had raided a den of Nayeem at Injapur in Vanasthalipuram in the city and recovered three firearms and Rs 38.5 lakh.
