Fake note racket kingpin nabbed in Malda

Malda: The kingpin of a fake currency smuggling racket was nabbed by the NIA on Sunday. Sariful Islam, a resident of Baishnabnagar, was taken to Bengaluru on Monday.
Wanted in several states, Sariful also had connections in Bangladesh, from where the fake notes were being sourced and distributed throughout the country.
Acting on intel, an NIA team along with 78 battalions of BSF raided border village Daulatpur on Sunday night.Sariful was taken to Daulatpur BOP for interrogation. BSF said he had been on the wanted lists of both the border force and NIA.
After being taken to Baishnabnagar Police station, Sariful was on Monday produced in court and sent to Bengaluru in seven days’ transit remand