Foreign exchange fraud: 8 remanded in police custody
Press Trust of India Nashik A local court remanded eight out of 12 accused, including a Bangladeshi national, in two days police custody for allegedly duping customers who wanted US dollars in return for Indian rupees at a cheaper rate.
The remaining four women accused in the case were remanded in judicial custody after all of them were produced before the court last evening, police said.
The gang of twelve members was busted by city police in Gangapurgaon area on Sunday.
They used to assure dollars at low rates in exchange of Indian rupees, but gave customers a few dollars by arranging them at the top and bottom of a bundle along with blank card sheets inside.
The accused remanded in two-day police custody have been identified as -- Mohameed Hussain Anwar (Bangladeshi national), Noor Matbar Jabbar Matbar and Johar Moslin Shaikh (from West Bengal), Jamal Khan Salim Khan, Mukesh Rajjak Gopal Razzak, Mohammed Abursattar Shaikh, Mohammed Raffiq Shaikh (Delhi), and Ayub Khan Jalil Khan (Uttar Pradesh).
The accused women have been identified as Sakina Khan, Rina Shaikh, Remam Begam and Phiroza Begam, police added.