Leader of fake money making gang held
Police on Sunday arrested the alleged leader of a currency counterfeiting gang from Kachua in Bagherhat.
Yunus Miah, 35, son of Mohiuddin of Kachua upazila, was arrested and brought to Fatullah yesterday, in connection with the recovery of Tk 42 lakh worth of fake notes from his rented apartment.
During primary interrogation, Yunus, admitted that he is the owner of a factory that makes counterfeit money, and said his gang had plotted to make and circulate fake notes of Tk 20 crore ahead of the Eid-ul Fitr.
Earlier on April 24, a team of Rab-2 raided a flat in a six storey house, Khan Manzil in Dakkhin Sastapur area in Fatullah, and seized counterfeit notes totalling to Tk 42 lakhs.
The name of the gang leader surfaced during investigation, said Sub-inspector Kamrul Islam of Fatullah Model Police Station, also the Investigation officer of the case.
Later, with the help of information technology, a raid was conducted in Kachua upazila of Bagerhat to arrest Yunus, he added.
Police produced Yunus before a Narayanganj court with a 10-day remand prayer, and the court granted four days remand for him.
Yunus rented the flat four months back and started making counterfeit bank notes. He had gone to his village three days before the RAB raid, police said.
He also admitted that in last three months he made Tk 70 lakh counterfeit notes and circulated those in the market.
SI Kamrul said, raids are going on to arrest other members of Yunus's gang.
Mamun Islam Sabuj and Kamala Begum, two aides of Yunus, were arrested from the flat with the counterfeit notes.
Rab-2 filed a case with Fatullah Model Police Station in this connection.
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