JAIPUR: A day after arrest of a 29-year-old man with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of Rs 1.97 lakh during a crackdown in the Ladnun area of Nagaur, the police on Saturday stated that the genuine looking FICN must have been smuggled into India via
Bangladesh
.
Police in its so far investigation also found that the accused is related to a smuggler of FICN Babu Khan who was earlier arrested by the special operation group (SOG) wing of
Rajasthan police. Police will also find in the interrogation of the accused on the areas where the FICN were penetrated across Nagaur or in some other parts of Rajasthan.
The accused identified as Bundu Khan was arrested with the FICN.
“In the investigation it was found that the accused got from one Rafiq Khan who is a smuggler of FICN in the area. The accused Rafiq was earlier arrested by the SOG with the illegal possession of the fake currency notes of Rs 3 lakh. Thus, in this case Rafiq Khan would also be arrested,” said Abhijeet Singh, superintendent of police, Nagaur told TOI.
Police stated that the FICN are of very high quality and layman can’t distinguished them the real ones.
“It was found that these FICN were smuggled into Rajasthan via West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh as they appeared to have been manufactured in Bangladesh. Many areas in Bangladesh are into illegal manufacturing of FICN,” Singh added.
Police added that smugglers dealing with the FICN give double the investment. “For getting Rs 1 lakh FICN one has to pay Rs 50,000 genuine Indian currency notes. Those who are inclined into this illegal trade are allured to get double of their investment, thus this is getting deeper into many districts,” said a senior officer.
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