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| 2 Pak nationals held with fake Indian notes |
| 2010-01-20 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Detective Branch of police arrested three persons including two Pakistani nationals and seized fake Indian currencies worth about 10 lakh Indian rupees from their possession at a Mouchak hotel in the capital on Monday. A team of detective police led by Assistant Commissioner (AC) Mohammad Golam Azad Khan arrested Pakistani nationals Mohammad Danish, 32, of Anarkoli in Lahore, Sabbir Ali, 55, of Karachi in Pakistan and Bangladeshi national Fatema Akter Opi, 23, wife of Danish, from Mouban hotel. Danish lives at West Rampura with his wife Opi. The criminals were rounded up as they were waiting to handover 10 lakh forged Indian currencies to their clients. Detective Branch (DB) of police yesterday held a press briefing at its Minto Road DB office in the capital where Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner AKM Shahidul Hoque said an international gang of smugglers is using Bangladesh as a transit for smuggling forged Indian currencies from Pakistan into India. AC Azad said acting on a tip-off they took position in Mouchak and Mailbag areas. As the two Pakistani nationals and the Bangladeshi woman entered the hotel they arrested them with forged notes. Police seized Danish's Pakistani passport and Fatema's Bangladeshi passport, he added. During preliminary interrogation the arrestees informed DB that they had made several visits to Nepal, India and Pakistan to smuggle forged Indian notes over the last three years. Detained Fatema said she became acquainted with Danish three years ago at the Trade Fair in city's Agargaon. She got married to Danish who later involved her in the illicit business. She said they use secret codes to identify themselves and they are known as gang members of FIC. DMP commissioner said Danish and his gang members carry forged Indian notes from Pakistan and use Bangladesh and Nepal as their transit passages for smuggling them to India as Bangladesh shares vast stretches of border with India. DB sources said they produced the detainees before the court with a prayer for a seven-day remand. DB sources said they were trying to arrest other gang members of FIC. |
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