More Rs 2,000 notes in fake seized, 1 held in West Bengal's Malda at India-Bangladesh border
The BSF got specific information about Shariful Shah, the 32-year-old resident of Fazil village in Nadia district, of carrying fake currency notes. Nadia is situated on India-Bangladesh border, where he was held with Rs 96,000 in fake notes.
Counterfeit notes of Rs 2,000 seized in Malda. (Photo: Bhaskar Roya/India Today)
Kolkata,Malda,UPDATED: Feb 20, 2017 19:36 IST
The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth Rs 96,000 from Malda district of West Bengal.
The new Rs 2000 fake currency notes were being smuggled across on India-Bangladesh border through the barbed-wire fences.
Acting on a tip-off, the BSF nabbed a suspect identified as Shariful Shah of Nadia district in West Bengal as he tried to enter India from Bangladesh with fake notes worth Rs 96,000.
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- There has been a series of seizures in the past few days by the BSF across the India-Bangladesh border. The BSF has been on alert as the intelligence agencies have warned that coordinated attempts are being made by the anti-India forces to smuggle counterfeit version of newly introduced Rs 2,000 notes.
- The BSF got specific information about Shariful Shah, the 32-year-old resident of Fazil village in Nadia district, of carrying fake currency notes. Nadia is situated on India-Bangladesh border.
- Shariful had been assigned to ferry the consignment across the border. He carried the consignment of fake currency notes across the National Highway-34 along the bordering villages near Baishnabnagar in West Bengal's Nadia district.
- Three teams of BSF officials were waiting at different locations Mile Mod, 18 Mile and PTS Mod on NH-34.
- A thorough search of the suspect resulted in the second big seizure of the fake currency. The officers recovered a total of 48 Rs 2,000 notes worth Rs 96,000, a mobile phone and an Aadhar Card from Shariful.
- During questioning the suspect revealed his true identity and confirmed his name as Shariful Shah- already known to the officers. He hails from Chhaleman near Fazil Nagar under Thanapara police station of Nadia district.
- This is the second big seizure of fake currency notes of new denomination by the BSF this year. The BSF has made seizures of FICN (fake Indian currency notes) worth Rs 2,96,000 till now.
- The total amount of the seized fake currency of has reached Rs 1,47,70,500 since last year. A total of 19 persons have been apprehended in this connection.
- When demonetisation was announced last year in November, it was expected that the flourishing 'business' of fake currency notes particularly in Malda-Murshidabad regions along India-Bangladesh border will stop. But, recently the securities agencies got alarmed when smuggled counterfeit currencies had 11 of 17 high security features of new Rs 2,000 notes.
- The security officials found that the counterfeit rackets had successfully copied the geometric patterns and colour scheme on obverse side and watermark on the reverse side of the new notes. The genuine Indian currency notes have 13 security features on the front side including two for visually impaired people and four on the reverse side.
(With inputs from Bhaskar Roy in Malda)
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