NIA files supplementary charge sheet in over Rs 6 L fake Indian currency case

The National Investigation Agency on Thursday filed a supplementary charge sheet against an accused in the Rs 6.34 lakh Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case here, officials said.

Sabiruddin, 46, a resident of West Bengal's Malda, has been named in the charge sheet filed before the NIA special court here, they said.

The case pertains to the seizure of FICN having a face value of Rs 6.34 lakh in denomination of Rs 2,000 by Madanayakanahalli police station officers from four persons on August 8 last year along with mobile phones with SIM cards and other documents.

Initially, the case was registered at the Madanayakanahalli police station. On September last year, the NIA took over the investigation, they said.

The NIA had filed a charge sheet in the case on November 3 last year against the four accused -- Mohammed Sajjad Ali, M G Raju, Gangadhar Ramappa Kolkar and Vanitha J -- under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, and one supplementary charge sheet on March 8 this year against Abdul Kadir as per their role in commission of the offence, the officials said.

During further investigation, it was found that Sabiruddin, along with his associates based in Karnataka as well as in West Bengal, hatched a conspiracy to circulate huge quantities of FICN as genuine Indian currency notes in local markets of Benguluru and other parts of Karnataka, they said.

They were actively involved in procuring, trafficking, supplying and circulating huge quantities of FICN in high denomination, they said.

Sabiruddin is one of the main suppliers of FICN from Malda who, as part of the conspiracy, supplied huge quantity of FICN to his associate Raju at Bengaluru through Sajjad Ali -- a carrier, the officials said.

The names of his associates from Malda, Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka have come to light and further investigation against them is underway.