NOIDA: Chinese national Xu Fei, 36, also known as Banana, and his 22-year-old Indian partner Petekhrinuo were arrested earlier this week in Bihar’s Sitamarhi after questioning two Chinese nationals – 34-year-old Yung. Hai Lung, and Lou Lung, 28 – disclosed by the Sashastra Seema Bal that they had lived in a rented apartment for 15 days zu fei and Petekhrinuo shared at Jaypee Greens, Greater Noida.
Police said on Thursday they had detained six employees of a club run by Fei – all women, including two Nepalese nationals – for questioning. The club, Tianshang Renjian, operates from an air-conditioned three-storey building with stilt parking inside a leafy complex in Gharbara Village, Ecotech-1 police station area. Police said they were now focused on finding Xu Fei’s main business partner, an Indian living in Gujarat.
“After tracing Xu Fei’s activity and going through his call details, it was found that he frequently visited Gharbara village. A police team that went there found a luxury bar that was operating for almost two years. In the raid, we detained six,” said DCP Meenakshi Katyayan. 15-20 Chinese nationals were present in the premises at that time, but they left before the police team arrived.
“We suspect that they were given secret information,” Katyayan said. The police got the CCTV footage of the club on Thursday evening. A senior excise official told TOI that the club’s bar had procured some one-day liquor licenses. “The club had recently obtained the license between June 6 and 12,” a police officer said.
“Our main focus is to recover Xu Fei’s original Indian passport and trace Gujarat-based businessman Ravi Natwarlal, who appears to be his Indian partner and point of contact. Noida Police is now working in collaboration with West Bengal Police, Haryana Transport Authority. and many other internal security agencies,” Katyayan said. The club, which has a Chinese theme to its interiors, has a Mandarin bar and food menu. “The ground floor of the building has a gaming parlor and a pool,” said a senior police officer.
An officer involved in the raid said there were 50 rooms on the second and third floors. “The rooms are spacious and tastefully appointed. The rooms also have induction cooktops and utensils. Everything we found here is made in China,” the official said.
The owner of the building is a Gharbara resident, the son of a senior politician, the official said. “A rent agreement between the owner and four people, including Xu Fei and another Chinese national, was concluded in October 2020 for five years. We are currently looking for the three business partners mentioned in the agreement,” the official said.
Two business partners are Indians.
Police said they also found companies dealing in mobile phone spare parts that were linked to Xu Fei and his business partners. A source said, “Two firms registered in Ghaziabad and Noida were found to be fake. One registered in Panipat (Haryana) is also being probed. The firms also have fake GST numbers.”
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