The Special Cell of Delhi Police has busted a Malda-based international fake Indian currency notes (FICN) cartel and arrested two persons here with Rs four lakh. Police said that the seized FICN was pumped in India through the porous Indo-Bangla border.
The accused have been identified as Aniqul Islam (24) and Shariqul Sheikh alias Sahim (21), both residents of Malda district in West Bengal.
A total of Rs four lakh fake currency in the denomination of Rs 2,000 notes were recovered from them. The recovered notes are of high quality having all the security features, including security thread and watermarks etc., police said.According to Rajiv Ranjan, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell, 0n the basis of a tip-off, a raid was conducted on Friday and the accused, members of Malda-based international syndicate, were apprehended near Dilshad Garden Metro Station when they reached there to deliver the recovered consignment of FICNs to one of their associates.
“They have been working for this syndicate for the last two to three years. They used to procure FICNs from their other associates at Malda and supply it in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and Uttar Pradesh. These FICNs are being smuggled from Bangadesh, through bordering areas,” the DCP said.
“The accused also revealed that they used to get FICNs from their associates at Malda at a lower price and supplied at higher price. They have already delivered about four to five consignments amounting over Rs 20 lakh in Delhi-NCR area,” said the DCP.