NIA Arrest Member Of Fake Currency Racket: National Investigation Agency (National Investigation Agency) with the help of Border Security Force (BSF) arrested a prominent member of a gang who sells counterfeit currency while conducting an operation in the area of Malda in West Bengal. This fake currency dealer named Aladu confessed during initial interrogation that he used to get 5,000 rupees for issuing counterfeit notes of one lakh rupees. This counterfeit money smuggler has been on the run since 2019.
A senior NIA official said that this case is related to the recovery of counterfeit banknotes of one lakh 99,000 rupees recovered by the Directorate of Fiscal Intelligence in Malda region on September 16, 2019. In this case, a person named Aseem Sarkar was arrested by the DRI. During his interrogation, Asim Sarkar told the DRI that a person named Aladu was also associated with him in the counterfeit money business, who lives under Kalichak police station in Malda region of West Bengal. Interestingly, since the year 2019, this fake currency dealer named Aladu has been on the run.
Raids were carried out near the village of smugglers
The National Investigation Agency has taken the help of the Border Security Force after the continuous escape of this counterfeit money courier. The Malda unit of Section G, which calls itself the intelligence branch of the Border Security Force, has launched a strict vigil on the village and surrounding areas of Aladu. Meanwhile, the BSF intelligence unit learns that this smuggler is about to approach his village. Based on this information, BSF informed the NIA and the two agencies raided near the village conducting an operation together and during this raid this fleeing smuggler was arrested.
5,000 for bringing counterfeit one lakh bills
According to sources, during a preliminary interrogation, this counterfeit courier said that he used to get a commission of Rs 5,000 for bringing counterfeit notes of Rs 1 lakh. Apart from West Bengal, these counterfeit notes have also been used in other states. Recall that the National Investigation Agency had begun the investigation of this case by registering a file under the criminal sections on the basis of the file for the year 2019 filed by the DRI. Now the NIA wants to know from this arrested smuggler who else is involved in this counterfeit money racket. The inspection of the file is in progress.
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