A Bangladeshi woman was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Agra today for her alleged involvement in a fake currency racket.
According to an official spokesman, Fatima alias Litchi, married to Sher Ali Khan of Sushil Nagar, Agra, used to allegedly circulate high-quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in the pre-demonetisation era in the country.
The NIA sleuths also recovered two old bills of Rs 1000 denomination from her residence which she could not use due to government ban on high-value currency notes, the spokesman said.
Some incriminating documents were also claimed to have been recovered from Fatima's house including her bank accounts details which showed transactions of several lakhs of rupees.
On January 18, 2016, Md Anarul Islam, a Bangladeshi national, was held with a consignment of high-quality FICNs in a joint operation by BSF and West Bengal Police in Malda district, he said.
After the probe in the case was handed over to NIA, the agency claimed to have found that Islam used to collect FICNs from his associate Ripon Sk and supplied it to Fatima in Agra for further circulation, the spokesman alleged.
Both Islam and Ripon Sk were in judicial custody after being charge-sheeted in the case.
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