NIA files charge sheet against two in Bengal FICN smuggling case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet in a special court here against two residents of West Bengal's Malda district for "smuggling and circulation" of Fake Indian Currency Notes of Rs 2,000 denominations from Bangladesh, an NIA press release said.

The charge sheet was filed on June 2 against Habibur Rahaman and Fakirul S. who were arrested in front of the Hotel Shine in Malda with FICN of the face value of Rs. 3.9 lakh in Rs 2,000 denominations the release said.

According to NIA, the two accused admitted they procured the seized FICNs from their counterpart in Bangladesh who threw the consignment over the India-Bangladesh International Border Security Fence (IBSF) to the Indian side.

The case was initially registered with Malda's English Bazar police station on March 3 following the arrest of the two accused.

NIA re-registered the FIR on March 28 after taking charge of the case under the instruction of Union Home Ministry.

--IANS

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