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3. During the course of investigation, accused Anurag Thakur had disclosed that he was involved in supply of narcotic substances including ecstasy tablets in the Delhi-NCR region and the transactions were done through use of cryptocurrency and the syndicate was active through Wickr App. It was found that accused Anurag had an account on Binance wallet, which he used for making payments through cryptocurrencies for narcotic substances. Details from Wickr App as well as Binance crypto-platform were obtained and analysed. Notices were also sent to crypto trading platform Kucoin. During analysis, it was found that in one of the transactions, a payment of 1830 USDT was transferred to accused Anurag Thakur by the present applicant Prajwal Elroy Rai. who had his account with Kucoin. KYC details were obtained from the trading platform Kucoin which showed that the applicant was an account holder in the above- mentioned transaction with the accused Anurag Thakur. In this transaction, the amount was sent by "vvsthc" i.e. the applicant herein to"czar8008" i.e. co-accused Anurag Thakur. During investigation, it was revealed that the contraband which was recovered from accused Anurag was supplied to him by the present applicant and by one Faizan Ali. The present applicant had ordered these narcotic substances through dark web and had imported them to India, whereas the co-accused Faizan Ali had supplied it to different parts in the country through dark web. During investigation, mobile phone of Faizan Ali was seized and analysed, and it was found that a suspected shipment of narcotic substances was shipped from USA to New Delhi. A letter in this regard was sent to the customs department. On Delhi Airport, it was confirmed that the said consignment contained 15.8 kgs of narcotic substance i.e. marijuana. It was also revealed during investigation that another huge shipment of contraband was being shipped to Chennai Airport from Lufthansa cargo, which was later found to be 54 kgs of hydroponic weed i.e. cannabis. From further analysis of mobile phone of Faizan Ali, it was found that the above-mentioned consignments belonged to the present applicant and had been sent to Faizan Ali for sale and supply in different parts of the country.

7. This Court has heard arguments addressed on behalf of the applicant as well as the State, and has perused the material available on record.

8. The facts emerging from the record reveal that the present applicant has been arrested in this case for his alleged involvement in a well-organised drug trafficking network operating across the country through the use of cryptocurrency, Dark Web, and encrypted communication applications such as Wickr. The investigation has revealed that the applicant had carried out direct crypto transactions with co-accused Anurag Thakur and that the contraband recovered from Anurag Thakur - 100 Ecstasy pills weighing 54.9 grams and 23 grams of M.D. - was allegedly supplied by the present applicant. The financial trail obtained from the Kucoin and Binance wallets establishes transactions between the crypto account of the applicant (operating under the ID "vvsthc") and that of co-accused Anurag Thakur (ID "czar8008"). Further, investigation has also revealed that the applicant had ordered narcotic substances through the Dark Web and imported them to India for distribution through co-accused Faizan Ali, who remains absconding.