Assam: Tezpur woman with alleged Pakistan link jailed over foreign money transfer case

Guwahati: A woman from Assam's Tezpur, identified as Jyotika Kalita, who is alleged to have married a Pakistani national, has been sent to jail in connection with a foreign money transfer case.

She was arrested on December 5 after returning from Dubai, where the suspected transactions reportedly took place.

Police said her links with Pakistan surfaced during an investigation that began after Tezpur Police received information that large amounts of money were being deposited into the bank account of a family in Borjhar village.

Following the suspicious inflow of funds worth several lakhs from abroad, police registered Case No. 770/25 under Sections 316(2), 380(4), 340(2), and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and started a detailed probe.

During the investigation, police arrested four individuals from Borjhar village: Jyotika Kalita, Jitu Kalita, Simu Das and Abhijit Das.

Jyotika was initially sent to police custody for interrogation, while the other three were remanded to Tezpur Central Jail on December 5.

After Jyotika was produced before the Chief Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Tezpur on Thursday, the court ordered her to be sent to Tezpur Jail.

Police sources stated that Jyotika had married a Pakistani citizen on February 25 this year. Since then, she had travelled to several foreign countries, including Dubai and the United Arab Emirates.

The investigation also led to the seizure of 44 ATM cards, 17 bank passbooks, cheque books and other documents from Jyotika and her associates, suggesting a possible wider financial network.

The case is still under investigation, and authorities are examining cross-border links and the source of the foreign funds.