'Gangster used debit cards of others'

HYDERABAD: Gangster Venkat Reddy alias Aziz Reddy allegedly used international debit cards issued to others for his personal use.
Investigating officers collected information about details and transactions of the debit cards used by the gangster. It may be recalled that two international debit cards���ING Vysya and ICICI bank���were found in his wallet during the panchanama by the Shaikpet tahsildar on Thursday.
Sources said the ING Vysya international debit card was in the name of one Srujan Kumar of SBI colony at Bakaram near Gandhinagar.Srujan Kumar runs a computer institute in Gandhinagar. When police questioned him, Srujan Kumar reportedly told them that he gave his debit card to one Pavan Kumar. He reportedly expressed fears that Pavan Kumar might have given it to Aziz Reddy.
Interestingly, Pavan Kumar is neither a friend nor a relative of Srujan Kumar. The latter told police that Pavan Kumar knew him as he did a two-and-half-month computer course in his institute. The ING Vysya Bank debit card was issued in May 2007 and there were Rs 1.40 lakh transactions in the last one year. However, the current balance in the account was nil, sources in the police department said.
The other debit card, issued by ICICI Bank, was issued elsewhere. "We are waiting for details from ICICI Bank, Mumbai which may come in a day or two,'' a police officer said.
Police reportedly collected another debit card from his car which was on the name of another person.
Meanwhile, the black Innova's owner Abu Bakar is still at large. But investigation by police revealed that Bakar's father Humayun Khan is a 'tantrik' and Aziz Reddy used to go to him for the well-being of his family for the last 11 years. A month ago, he took his wife to Humayun Khan as she was not well, police said.
"We are trying to locate Aziz Reddy's wife's address. The only evidence we have is her photograph,'' a senior police officer said.