Jaipur: Special Operations Group (SOG) of Rajasthan police investigating the seizure of high-quality fake Indian currency notes (FICN) on Sunday said they have concrete clues that FICN of Rs 1.90 lakh in the denomination of Rs 2,000 were actually prepared in Bangladesh situated factories on the border of West Benga. They have not ruled out the possibility of the revival of these gangs in Bangladesh which were closed temporarily while demonetization was introduced on November 8 last year.
SOG on Saturday had arrested one Rajiv Sheikh (20), a native of Mursheedabad in West Bengal and had seized FICN of Rs 1.90 lakh. The sleuths are also investigating the antecedents of the accused to find out if he is actually the native of West Bengal or Bangladesh.
Sleuths claimed that this is the first ever big haul of counterfeit currency notes seized after demonetization in Rajasthan. They have also stated that the quality of these counterfeit currency notes is very good and if a layman receives one of these notes then he won't be able to differentiate between the genuine and the counterfeit ones.
"The quality of these currency notes is good and they also have series under increasing order. Only a few things can prove that they are FICN. Such currency notes were manufactured in Bangladesh factories while we were on the job of seizing FICN in the denomination of older currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000," said Karan Sharma, additional SP, SOG.
Sharma further stated that the accused was produced in the court and was taken for one-day remand.
"He is just a courier who was supposed to hand over these currency notes in Jaipur to somebody. He is being interrogated. The high-quality of these counterfeit currency notes is a clear indication that they were smuggled to India via West Bengal (WB)," he added.
SOG have also not ruled out that gangs who have sent the accused to Rajasthan must had paid him Rs 10,000 to safely deliver them. "It appears that 5 out of the 100 of these FICN in denomination of Rs 2,000 were used by the accused as he managed to circulate them in the market. Our seizure is of 95 notes which are in the series of increasing order," said a senior officer.
It may be recalled that prior to demonetization, SOG and other units of Rajasthan police were on the job of seizures of the counterfeit currency notes. Gangs active in the job had informed the police that for circulating these FICN they get double of what they invest.
SOG on Saturday had arrested one Rajiv Sheikh (20), a native of Mursheedabad in West Bengal and had seized FICN of Rs 1.90 lakh. The sleuths are also investigating the antecedents of the accused to find out if he is actually the native of West Bengal or Bangladesh.
Sleuths claimed that this is the first ever big haul of counterfeit currency notes seized after demonetization in Rajasthan. They have also stated that the quality of these counterfeit currency notes is very good and if a layman receives one of these notes then he won't be able to differentiate between the genuine and the counterfeit ones.
"The quality of these currency notes is good and they also have series under increasing order. Only a few things can prove that they are FICN. Such currency notes were manufactured in Bangladesh factories while we were on the job of seizing FICN in the denomination of older currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000," said Karan Sharma, additional SP, SOG.
Sharma further stated that the accused was produced in the court and was taken for one-day remand.
"He is just a courier who was supposed to hand over these currency notes in Jaipur to somebody. He is being interrogated. The high-quality of these counterfeit currency notes is a clear indication that they were smuggled to India via West Bengal (WB)," he added.
SOG have also not ruled out that gangs who have sent the accused to Rajasthan must had paid him Rs 10,000 to safely deliver them. "It appears that 5 out of the 100 of these FICN in denomination of Rs 2,000 were used by the accused as he managed to circulate them in the market. Our seizure is of 95 notes which are in the series of increasing order," said a senior officer.
It may be recalled that prior to demonetization, SOG and other units of Rajasthan police were on the job of seizures of the counterfeit currency notes. Gangs active in the job had informed the police that for circulating these FICN they get double of what they invest.
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