Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Rs 1.75L FICN Recovered by ATS & FICN linked across border
ATS recovers FICN worth Rs 1.75 lakh
TNN 6 October 2009, 06:42am IST
LUCKNOW: The anti-terrorist squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh Police (UPP) on Sunday arrested one person after Rs 1.75 lakh of Fake Indian
Currency Notes (FICN) were recovered from his possession. The arrest was made by the Meerut unit of the ATS on Delhi road in full public view. Computers, a full colour scanner and coloured photocpier along with semi-finished FICN were recovered from the house of the accused who confessed to have been involved in the racket for over a year now.
Reports reaching the ATS headquarters at Lucknow on Monday said that the arrest was made on the basis of a specific tip-off that a man involved in FICN racket was scheduled to take the Delhi road to deliver a consignment of fake notes on Sunday afternoon. On the basis of the tip-off, the ATS sleuths intercepted the suspect near Mukut Mahel hotel on Delhi Road and recovered the consignment comprising FICN of Rs 50 denomination worth a total of Rs 1.75 lakh.
During interrogation, the suspect identified himself as Brajveer, a resident of Atalpur locality under Kithore police station of Meerut. Brajveer confessed that he was into the racket for the past over a year and supplied FICN at the rate of anything between Rs 60,000 to Rs 80,000 in genuine currency for FICN worth a face value of Rs 1 lakh.
He also revealed that he never invited anyone to his house or even a place somewhere close to it and usually preferred outstation buyers who used to meet him at a predecided spot and complete the deal. Hence there was hardly anyone else aware of the racket which helped him to survive undetected for over a year now.
About the reason for printing notes of Rs 50 denomination, Brajveer said that since a large quantity of FICN in Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination were already in circulation, people carefuly scan each and every note before accepting the payment. This increased the possibility of the fake high denomination note being detected. People generally don't waste time checking smaller denominations thereby reducing the possibilities of FICN being detected.
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Fake note link to Pakistan
GAUTAM SARKAR
Dumka, Oct. 5: The two residents of Godda, who were arrested with fake notes at Banka in neighbouring Bihar on Friday, have reportedly revealed during interrogation that they have links with fake currency smugglers in Bangladesh and also with agents of Pakistan's ISI.
They have also admitted before the Banka police that the racketeers were operating from Kash Chandpur under Kaliyachowk in Malda district of Bengal, which is very close to the international border of Bangladesh and also Sahebganj district of Jharkhand.
However, the Godda police are yet to initiate an inquiry into the matter on grounds that it was the responsibility of their Banka counterparts.
The arrested are Maksuid Ansari and Md Sulama, both residents of Gantafasia hamlet under Muffasil police station in Godda.
The two have revealed that some ISI agents used to supply them fake notes. They used to come via Bangladesh and the exchange took place at Jharkhand's Sahebganj and Pakur. Besides, they also said that the ISI has developed a network in the districts of Bihar, Jharkhand and Bengal to flood the markets there with fake notes, a police officer from Banka said on condition of anonymity.
P. Kannan, the Banka superintendent of police, said that acting on a tip-off, Banka SDPO Sanjoy Kumar arrested the duo on Barahat-Panjwara road, adjacent to border of Godda. Fake notes of Rs 50,000 were found on them.
They were coming to Barahat on a motorcycle from Godda to hand over the consignment of fake notes, Kannan said. He, however, did not disclose the names of the persons they were going to meet.
He added that the Banka police, with the help of their Godda counterparts, conducted raids at the native places of the duo and recovered two illegal rifles, 12 cartridges, one stolen rifle and an air gun from their shops. Both Ansari and Sulama have grocery stores at the village from where they ran the racket. We are trying to find out whether they used to smuggle firearms too, Kannan said.
Meanwhile, the Muffasil police station at Godda have registered separate cases of arms recovery against the duo while Banka police have started investigation of the fake currency case. The two have been sent to judicial custody at Banka district jail.
A police officer from Banka, however, said that the Godda police were reluctant to probe the fake notes angle. Something, the Godda police did not argue against. Since the spot of arrests is in Banka, it is the responsibility of them to complete the investigation. We only can assist the Banka police if they seek our cooperation, said Godda superintendent Amarnath Khanna.
He added that a team of police from Godda was sent to Banka for conducting interrogation of the two.
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