Notification issued u/s 7(1) (b) of COFEPOSA Act against Shri Anowar Hossen @ Anawar Hussain

EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Department of Revenue) (CENTRAL ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE BUREAU) (COFEPOSA WING) ORDER New Delhi, the 28th March, 2019 S.O. 1468(E).—Whereas the Joint Secretary to the Government of India, specially empowered under sub- section (1) of Section 3 of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 (52 of 1974) issued Order No. PD-12001/14/2018-COFEPOSA dated 14.09.2018 under the said sub-section directing that Shri Anowar Hossen @ Anawar Hussain, S/o Shri Gani Sheikh, R/o Dhobakura, P.O.- Rajmita, P.S.- Lakhimpur, Dist. – Goalpara, Assam -783129 be detained and kept in Presidency Correctional Home, Kolkata, with a view to preventing him from smuggling goods, abetting the smuggling of goods and engaging in transporting or concealing or keeping smuggled goods in future. 2. Whereas the Central Government has reasons to believe that the aforesaid person has absconded or has been concealing himself so that the Order cannot be executed. 3. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the said Act, the Central Government hereby directs the aforesaid person to appear before the Director General of Police, Govt. of Assam, Guwahati within 7 days of the publication of this Order in the Official Gazette. RAVI PRATAP SINGH, Jt. Secy. and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. MANOJ KUMAR VERMA