Chargesheet against 3 for trafficking fake notes from B'desh

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 5

The anti-terror probe agency NIA today said it has filed a chargesheet against three for their involvement in trafficking fake Indian currency note (FICN) from Bangladesh in a Mumbai special court.

The supplementary chargesheet was filed against Jasim of Mumbra in Thane (Maharashtra) and Radhakrishna and Ishak Khan, both from Karnataka’s Chikkaballapura, in a special NIA court in Mumbai.

The case pertained to a seizure of FICN having face value of Rs 82,000 from the house of accused Jasim and investigation in the case has revealed that the accused had conspired to circulate the fake currency notes in different parts of the country.

Officials in the NIA said during the probe the agency found that accused Ishak Khan, currently lodged in Presidency Correctional Home, Alipore, Kolkata, had set up a meeting between Jasim and Radhakrishna on May 14 last year at Chikkabalapur in Karnataka and Radhakrishna had delivered FICN having face value of Rs 82,000 to Jasim as directed by Ishak Khan.

“On a tip-off, a search was carried out at the house of Jasim and FICN and other incriminating items were seized during the search. Further examination revealed that the FICN was brought into India from Bangladesh,” the NIA said in the chargesheet.