Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) has said traffickers are smuggling counterfeit Indian currency from Bangladesh.
Two smugglers who were arrested for their involvement in smuggling fake Rs2,000 notes revealed the information during interrogation by the NIA officers, reports Times of India.
The arrestees - Habibur and Fakirul – confessed that they received the fake notes from one Daku Sheikh in Bangladesh.
According to NIA officials, smugglers use Malda border to smuggle counterfeit money from Bangladesh and later distribute the money across India.
Citing an NIA official, Times of India reported that the agency had earlier arrested two others for collecting fake notes from one Darul Sheikh of Bangladesh.
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On April 17, detectives in Bangladesh arrested six members of a counterfeit money syndicate from the capital’s Adabor area.
According to police, the main perpetrators of the syndicate are Pakistani nationals Danesh and Fatima.
The couple had initially started forging Indian rupees in Pakistan which they later brought to Bangladesh. Afterwards, they expanded their operations and have been producing counterfeit rupees for the last eight years in various locations in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Police believe that Danesh is currently in Pakistan while Fatima is in Bangladesh.