One held with fake currency

Statesman News Service

MALDA, Feb. 7: The Malda police arrested one Nikhil Mandal and seized fake Indian currency worth Rs 7, 62,500 in denominations of Rs1, 000 and Rs 500 from his house this morning. “Nikhil confessed during interrogation that he got the fake notes from an agent in Bangladesh and was awaiting instruction from the racketeers. He was supposed to hand over the notes to others,” said Malda S P, Mr Dilip Kumar Mondal. The SP added that that police had also seized a sum of Rs 49,000 in genuine Indian currency from the arrested person. “We are trying to arrest a member of the gang who is operating and circulating fake currencies here,” the police official, said. A few weeks ago, Malda police arrested a few persons working as carriers and seized fake currency worth over Rs 3, 00,000 from a locality under the Kaliachak police station. The police are of the opinion that Kaliachak being close to the Bangladesh border has added to the problem as the racketeers find it convenient to operate in the region given the proximity with the border. According to the police, the gang involved in the crime is sending fake currencies to Delhi and Mumbai through agents in the Jharkhand state. It is reported that one Sadhan Mandal , resident of Malda , was arrested by the Ranchi police in Jharkhand recently in connection with fake currency trade and he confessed before the police that a Pakistan based group supplied the1, 000 rupee notes to Malda via Bangladesh.