Fake currency factory busted
Detectives claimed to have busted a fake Indian currency manufacturing factory and arrested eight suspected gang members from the city Sabujbagh area yesterday afternoon.
The officials also recovered notes of 41 lakh rupees and fake note producing equipment during the drive, said Mashiur Rahman, deputy commissioner of the detective branch (north division) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
The arrestees are -- Bashir Uddin (51); Moniruzzaman (35); Monir Hossain (32); Abdul Quader (62); Enamul Haque Ashari (32); Akbar Ali (30); Kabir Hossain (35), and Sohel Mahmud (28).
Bashir is the mastermind, said police.
The gang had been running such factory, renting out flats in Sabujbag and other parts of the city for a long time. In primary interrogation, the arrestees admitted that they had plans to sell one crore rupees monthly to their Indian counterparts at borders, said Mashiur.
According to detectives, fake currency notes are produced and circulated in several phases.
Of the arrestees, Monir and Moniruzzaman used to run the factory, Al Amin used to supply special papers and other ingredients while Kabir and Sohel printed the currencies, they said.
Enamul and Akbar used to buy the notes from factory owner Bashir -- one lakh fake currency at Tk 21,000. They used to sell those at Tk 25,000 to their Indian counterparts through Chapainawabganj bordering areas, the officials said.
Detectives claimed that Bashir was once a drug trader and got acquainted with a fake note producer while he was in jail in a case.
Coming out of bail, he started working as an assistant at another "factory". He later decided to set up one by himself to make some quick buck, they said.
A case was filed with Sabujbag Police Station in this connection.
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