BENGALURU: The
National Investigation Agency has filed a chargesheet against two Mandya-based men allegedly involved in a currency racket - the notes were printed in Bangladesh and circulated in Bengaluru.
In the chargesheet submitted before the special court in
Vijayawada, on Friday,
NIA officials have named Mohammed Baig, resident of Maddur, and Syed Imran, from Srirangapatanam. The duo was held in March while carrying cash worth Rs 10.2 lakh in the denomination of Rs 2,000. They were travelling in Howrah-Hyderabad East Coast Express.
NIA officials said, "The accused procured fake Indian currency notes from their associates in Malda,
West Bengal, and were trafficking the same to Bengaluru."
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