Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 6: With the arrest of two persons including one hailing from West Bengal, police have busted an inter-state nexus of circulating fake Indian currency in Jammu and Kashmir.
However, police had apprehensions that the racket might have been using the fake Indian currency to carry out militancy related activities in the State and was investigating that angle also.
According to police sources, based on a specific information regarding circulation of fake Indian currency in the State a joint team of Special Operations Group (SOG) and police laid a trap near Sunjwan and asked two persons to stop for checking when they were moving under suspicious circumstances.
As the cops were about to approach the accused, they tried to run away from the spot, but the cops chased and nabbed them from some distance.
During checking, police recovered Rs 1.88 lakh worth fake Indian currency in the denomination of Rs 1,000 notes from their possession and arrested both the persons.
The accused have been identified as Hassikul, son of Maqbool, a resident of West Bengal, at present Sunjwan and Shabir Ahmed, son of Mohammad Sadiq of tehsil Bijbehara, district Anantnag.
During questioning of the accused it came to fore that main accused of this inter-state nexus of circulating fake currency notes in Jammu and Kashmir is Sadiq, a resident of West Bengal.
“Sadiq use to pump the fake Indian currency into the Jammu and Kashmir through various persons from West Bengal. He along with other associates had visited the State various times earlier and had supplied the fake currency to the people in Kashmir”, police sources said.
They added that this time Sadiq along with Hassikul reached New Delhi with this fake currency. Later, Hassikul was tasked to hand-over the currency to Shabir Ahmed at Jammu for further transportation of the same to Kashmir, but police after generating the information about the nexus laid trap and nabbed both Hassikul and Shabir.
“Kingpin is at large and we had taken up the matter of his arrest with West Bengal police. He will be behind the bars soon and more faces indulged in the nexus of circulating fake Indian currency in Jammu and Kashmir will be exposed”, sources claimed.
“Whether the amount was meant for carrying out militancy related activities in Jammu and Kashmir or some other illegal purposes will be ascertained after further questioning of the accused”, sources said, adding that more arrests were expected in the days to come.
A case under FIR Number 217/15 under Section 489-C RPC has been registered against the duo at Bahu Fort police station and investigation started. Police are further probing the case and more arrests were expected in the days to come.
Police team led by SHO Bahu Fort police station Inspector Naveen Angral and Incharge police post Bhatindi Mohammad Faiz made the arrest under the supervision of SDPO East Mohammad Rafiq, SP South Uday Bhaskar Billa and Incharge SSP Jammu Rajeev Pandey.
When contacted, Mohammad Rafiq said “we are having apprehensions that this fake Indian currency might be used to carry out militancy related activities in Jammu and Kashmir as one of the accused is resident of Kashmir. We are investigating all angles including militancy”.
He claimed that kingpin of the racket and others indulging in this illegal practice will be behind the bars soon.
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