Notorious underworld gangster Mohamed Najim Mohamed Imran alias Kanjipani Imran sneaked into Rameswaram days after his release on bail by a court in Sri Lanka, The Hindu reported quoting authorities sources.The Tamil Nadu intelligence has actually sounded an alert to senior law enforcement officers across the State to install vigil along the coastal districts and look for him and his partner who landed along the Ramanathapuram district coast on December 25, 2022.

Imran, desired by the Sri Lankan authorities for various offences, consisting of murders and criminal intimidation, was apprehended in Dubai in 2019 and deported to the Island Nation.

He remained in judicial custody till a regional court gave him bail on payment of 2 sureties, each 5 million local currencies.The State intelligence had a particular input from main intelligence agencies and reputable sources that Imran was planning to enter India after his release on bail.

The details was that he left the court in disguise and moved to Thalaimannar from where his partners were making arrangements for his seepage into India, the sources said.

Imran is a drug kingpin with strong connections with heroin and drug suppliers based out of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

He is dealing with a number of cases in Sri Lanka.

On details that Imran would attend a birthday function in Dubai, a special group arrested him there in 2019.

His gang is actively associated with big time smuggling of drugs across maritime border lines, a senior policeman told The Hindu on Saturday.Though there is no official interaction from Sri Lanka on Imran leaving to India, intelligence agencies received trustworthy input on his movement and provided the alert, the officer who did not wish to be priced quote said.The entry of Imran into Tamil Nadu gains significance in the background of the National Investigation Agency exposing a global drug cartel including Sri Lankan nationals operating from the Special Camp in Tiruchi that houses foreign nationals dealing with criminal charges.Commissioners/ Superintendents of Police, especially in the seaside districts, have actually been alerted to improve monitoring at susceptible places and trigger their intelligence equipment to trace the suspect.Police sources stated that the NIA was likewise tracking the motion and activities of Imran and his associates as private investigators believed that he had close relate to Haji Salim of Pakistan and Gunasekaran alias Gun, the prime suspect in the Vizhinjam drugs and arms trafficking case, where seaside security agencies seized 301 kg heroin, five AK 47 rifles and 1000 9-mm ammunition from six Sri Lankan nationals, who were discovered on vessel Ravihansi off Vizhinjam on March 25, 2021.

Source-- The Hindu . - Agencies.

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