The cross-LoC trade is also under the scanner of the National Investigation Agency, which is probing alleged hawala transactions and drug cartels that were allegedly being run in the garb of the trade.
The I-T department also sent a 10-page list of cross-LoC traders to the J&K Police in January stating that details of these traders must be submitted immediately. “In order to take the investigation to its logical conclusion any information or relevant documents regarding these persons may be provided immediately,” said the order, issued on January 15, a copy of which has been seen by ET.
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The cross-LoC trade managed to survive the tensions between the two countries for more than a decade but last year not only the cross-LoC trade but also the border trade was impacted massively.
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