Waiter turns fraudster
The story of how Md Alauddin became the leader of a fake note manufacturing gang from a poor errand boy may surprise many.
As a waiter at a restaurant in the capital's Paltan area, he met Sagir Master and two of his friends Monir Hossain and Humayun Kabir, who tipped him generously for whatever little errand he ran for them. As he vowed his loyalty to them, he was in for a job that would land him in jail sooner or later.
The trio were experts in making fake currency notes. They first employed him to distribute and circulate fake notes to retailers across the country. But soon Alauddin himself learnt all the techniques and skills for manufacturing notes.
"They chose me for circulating the notes in the market and gave a handsome amount of money in return. Later, I learned from them how to produce the fake notes," he said adding that many groups are involved in the crime.
Alauddin, 45, and his aide Md Mamun, 42, were arrested yesterday by detectives for possessing counterfeit notes worth Tk 23 lakh in the capital.
A team of Detective Branch of police nabbed Mamun from Basabo area and seized 200 counterfeit notes of Tk 1,000 from his possession, said Monirul Islam, joint commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, at a press briefing at the DMP media centre yesterday.
Later, based on information given by Mamun, the DB team busted the factory at Alauddin's house in Siddhirganj and seized fake currency notes and other materials, he added.
The fake note-making materials include paper, a laptop, three printers and security thread, colours and other chemicals.
The two men, accused in several other cases with different police stations, were arrested earlier but managed to find new ways of resuming their crime upon bail, Monirul said.
The production cost of Tk 1 lakh fake notes ranges between Tk 3,000 and Tk 4,000. They sold those for Tk 7000 to 8000, said Alauddin when he and his associate were paraded at the media centre.
A DB official preferring to be unnamed told The Daily Star that production and circulation of fake notes occur in several phases.
One group prepares the notes while another group sells them to wholesale buyers who then sell those to retailers across the country, he added.
The retailers circulate the notes in the markets when buying goods, DB officials said.
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