Sleuths of the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) claimed to have made a major break-through in busting a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) when they nabbed a Nepalese citizen on Indo-Nepal border at Maharajganj on Sunday evening. They said to have recovered fake Indian currency notes worth Rs 25 lakh from possession of the accused, who they claimed to be having links with the ISI. The ATS team also get a cash reward of Rs 50,000 for their achievement by director general of police.
IG (law and order) A Satish Ganesh disclosed to media persons here on Monday evening that one Sheikh Javed Iqbal alias Ashfaq Ansari, a native of Belda Parsa district of Nepal was arrested by lucknow ATS team in Sunali area on Indo-Nepal border in Maharajganj district on Sunday evening. He said that Ansari used to get the fake currency through the network set up by ISI in Nepal and supplied the same to India.
He is the kingpin of the racket supplying fake currency in various states of the country, he added. Ganesh said that Ansari was in regular contact with the ISI agents. “The arrested accused in being interrogated and he has provided some vital information,” Ganesh said. The cops besides FICN, also recovered a motorcycle, two mobile phone, an identity card, all of Nepal, from the accused.