WASHINGTON (The Thursday Times) — America ne aik Indian joday aur us ke is network par pabandiyan laga di hain jise US Treasury Chandigarh mein qaim aik "vast criminal network" kehti hai. Treasury ka ilzam hai ke unhon ne jaali ship registrations faraham kin, jin se Iran ke shadow fleet ke oil tankers ko international qawaid se bachne mein madad mili.
Treasury ne Budh ko Suniel Kumar Sharma aur un ki biwi Jaspreet Preeti Shahid ke saath do doosre Indian shehriyon, Ashwani Kumar Dhiman aur Ishwinder Singh, aur Sharma se jurri companies ke naam jari kiye. List ki zyadatar firms Chandigarh mein registered hain, jin mein Aryavart Ship Management, Polynesia Maritime aur Alexarya Finserv shamil hain. List mein aik firm Kerala aur aik Singapore ki bhi hai.
"Jaisa ke hum kai baar keh chuke hain, Operation Economic Outcast ke tehat ya toh aap hamare saath hain ya hamare khilaf," US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ne kaha. "Hum jaante hain ke aap kahan hain, aur hum un par pabandiyan lagayenge jo khushki, samandar ya hawa ke raste Irani hukumat ki himayat jari rakhe hue hain."
Un mulkon ke flags jinhon ne kabhi ijazat hi nahin di
Treasury ke mutabiq is joday ne Chandigarh se jaali flag registries aur ship certification idare banaye aur Guyana se Eswatini aur Laos tak ke mulkon ki numaindagi ka dawa kiya. Treasury ka kehna hai ke yeh silsila kam az kam 2014 se chal raha hai, jab unhon ne Dominica ki flag authority ka roop dharne ki koshish ki, aur un ki websites un mulkon ki taraf se services pesh karti thin jinhon ne unhein ijazat nahin di thi.
Treasury ke mutabiq Sharma ne 2023 mein Singapore mein Eswatini Maritime naam ki jo company banayi, Eswatini ke hukkam us se aelaniya la-taalluqi ka elan kar chuke hain, lekin woh ab bhi Irani tel le jane wale jahazon ko flag de rahi hai. Treasury ka kehna hai ke in jahazon mein Irani fauj aur us ke proxies ke liye kaam karne wale jahaz bhi shamil hain, aur jaali flag wale jahazon ke paas durust insurance nahin hoti, jis se kisi hadse ya tel ke spill ki soorat mein sahili mulk khatre mein par jate hain.
Yeh ilzamat Treasury ke hain aur kisi adalat mein sabit nahin hue. Dastiyab reports ke mutabiq naam zad afrad ya Indian hukumat ki taraf se fori taur par koi aelaniya radd-e-amal samne nahin aaya.
India ka wasee tar taalluq
Yeh taza tareen karrawai hai jis mein Indian companies aur shehri Iran ki tel tijarat ke khilaf US muhim ki zad mein aaye hain. Isi notice mein Treasury ke sanctions office ne pehle se list mein shamil afrad aur companies ke entries mein secondary sanctions ka warning shamil kiya, jis ki zad mein un se len den karne wale ghair mulki bhi aa sakte hain. In mein India mein qaim kam az kam 15 companies shamil hain, jaise Gurgaon ki Darya Shipping, Navi Mumbai ki Flux Maritime, Surat ki Shreeji Gems aur Chandigarh ki Global Tankers.
US pabandiyon ke tehat in afrad aur idaron ke American jurisdiction mein maujood assets freeze ho jate hain aur Americans par un se len den ki pabandi hoti hai. Un se karobar karne wali ghair mulki firms ko bhi saza ka khatra hota hai. Treasury ne aik naya alert bhi jari kiya, jis mein shipping industry ko jaali flags ki jaanch karne ko kaha gaya hai.
Isi karrawai mein Iran ke aviation sector ko services dene par Turkey ki company Fugo Ground Services par bhi pabandi lagayi gayi. Treasury ke mutabiq August mein shuru ki gayi is muhim ka maqsad America aur Israel ke saath jang ke dauran Iran ki tel ki farokht se hone wali aamdani band karna hai.
