NIA filed charge sheet against three in the case of seizure of fake notes, know what action has been taken so far
NIA: NIA has said in its statement that Sudeep Biswas has been identified as the main accused. He had conspired with Safiqul Islam to print fake Indian currency notes and circulate them in the market for illegal gain.
In the five years since fake notes were found in Guwahati, Assam, the NIA has taken significant action. Three more defendants in a 2019 case have charge sheets filed against them by the National Investigation Agency. The agency provided this information on Saturday in an official statement.
According to this statement, the National Investigation Agency filed a second charge sheet on Thursday against Sitzal Haq, Sudeep Biswas, and Khairul Alom Khandakar. Currently, the charge sheet in this case lists seven accused in total. Three defendants were named in a charge sheet that was submitted earlier in December 2019. The first additional charge sheet was subsequently submitted in May 2020 against an additional accused.
NIA has said in its statement that Sudeep Biswas has been identified as the main accused. He had conspired with Safiqul Islam to print fake Indian currency notes and circulate them in the market for illegal gain. However, Safikul Islam later became a government witness. The statement also said that as part of their conspiracy, these people had purchased a colour printer and bond paper from the market. After this, fake notes were printed in denominations of Rs 50, Rs 100, Rs 200 and Rs 500.
The investigating agency said that Assam Police had arrested the accused Matleb Ali, Amir Hamza and Dilbar Hussain. After his arrest, fake notes worth Rs 1,84,000 were also seized from his possession. This matter came to light after the arrest of these people and then in October 2019, NIA took over the case. According to the NIA investigation, Sudeep and Safikul had given the notes to all three to circulate in the market.
