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PANJIM: The Goa police on Tuesday revealed that Siddhique alias Suleiman Mohammad Khan, arrested by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) for land grabbing cases on November 12, from Hubballi, used bank accounts and SIM cards of majority of the 35 women he befriended, to stay hidden and conduct illegal activities.
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Addressing a press conference, Superintendent of Police (SP), Crime Branch, Rahul Gupta said, “Suleiman was wanted in three cases of SIT for land grabbing and was declared proclaimed offender in two cases filed at Anjuna and Mapusa Police Stations.
The SP said a total of seven cases have been registered against Suleiman at the Mapusa, Valpoi and Anjuna police stations.
Apart from this, there are four FIRs registered against him in Hyderabad, three in Pune and one in Delhi in which he has been declared as proclaimed offender by Delhi Court.
Gupta said that Suleiman had been lodged in various jails across the country including Yerawada, Tihar, Colvale and Cherlapally (Hyderabad). In the cases registered against him in SIT, a total of six properties are involved – one in Mapusa, three in Gaulim Mola and two in Tivim.
The SP said police have identified four more properties where he might be involved that are still subject matter of investigation. His personal properties identified are in Belgaum and Mapusa which will be attached, the police official said.
According to Gupta, Suleiman has revealed that he has seven bank accounts in his name. However, he has used multiple bank accounts in his girlfriends’ names.
“He used to befriend middle aged women, live with them, use their bank account, ATM and SIM cards to stay hidden. We have frozen one such bank account which had Rs 1.36 crore. So far he has revealed that he has befriended 35 such women and taken their help,” the SP said.
Suleiman, who is native of Shimoga, Karnataka, though born and brought up in Goa, was allegedly involved in murder of Tarsila Fernandes in 2014 and in assault on Adv Dyaneshwar Kalangutkar in 2016.
He has been dealing in properties since 2004 and has duped many persons by forging sale deeds or power of attorney, Gupta said, adding further investigation is underway to identify his involvement in more crimes.
