Recently busted in Dhaka in Bangladesh, a racket in fake Indian currency
notes has raised concerns to the Indian investigators that the arrested people
can also be involved in the supply of fake Rs 2,000 notes last year that
happened soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced
the demonetisation of old Rs 1,000 and Rs 5,00 notes in the country. As per a
report by Indian Express, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has submitted
its report to the Union Home Ministry which hints strong connections between
the arrested Bangladeshi nationals and a Pakistani national identified as
Danish. Danish reportedly was involved in supplying of fake Indian currency
notes (FICN) to the leader of a similar group caught in Bangladesh, Shamsul
Haque.
As per officials, Haque has been
involved in the FICN racket for about eight years along with Danish and his
wife. Speaking to Indian Express, an official aware of the development in the
case said, “From an examination of the seizures, it is clear that they have not
been able to counterfeit the features of the currency introduced after
demonetisation.” The official also stated that the NIA is now probing possible
Pakistan connections and have requested more details from their counterparts in
Dhaka.
The report also informed that the
seizures included six pages of totally printed fake Rs 2,000 notes, 24 pages of
partially printed FICN, colour printers and a fake currency cutting machine
made up of iron and wood.
As per the investigation, a suspect
named Mohd Sobuj Motur who was arrested in Mumbai last year was too part of the
same racket. Motur was caught by the Mumbai Police and the case was later handed
over to the NIA. Following the raids conducted by the NIA on the Indo-Bangla
border, Indian Express had reported about laundering of Rs 2,000 notes across
the border, last year.
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The NIA arrested the racket in April
this year and the Dhaka Metropolitan Police busted a group that was suspected
of printing and circulating fake Indian currency notes across borders. The
report also stated that a sum of Rs 15,34,000 in the denomination of Rs 2,000
(new), Rs 1,000 (old) and Rs 500 (old) was seized during the recently conducted
raids.
As per Indian Express, others who were
arrested during the raids were Mohd Bul Bul Ahmmad, 42; Md Shaheen Akhtar, 30;
Mohd Kairul Islam, 38 and Alamgir Hossan, 28. All of them are Bangladeshi nationals.
The group was operational from a rented house in Mohammadpur in Dhaka and
currency notes were sold to Indian citizens through Noor Mohd and Jamal of
Shivjganj, an area bordering to Chanpainbabganj in Bangladesh.
Source: Financial express
