Author: Staff Reporter
Publication: Afternoon Despatch & Courier
Date: September 22, 2007
URL: http://www.cybernoon.com/DisplayArticle.asp?section=fromthepress&subsection=inbombay&xfile=September2007_city_standard76&child=city
[Note from the Hindu Vivek Kendra: Obviously,
these Bangladeshis are in Mumbai illegally. And obviously, there are many
more such illegal infiltrators in the city. And it is most likely that many
of them are involved in activities which are a big threat to the nation.]
The police have arrested five people from
Bangladesh who had been circulating fake currency in the market
After the arrest of four people from Bangla-desh,
the Dongri police have received another break-through in the fake currency
case. The police have arrested five people from Bangladesh who had been circulating
the currency in the market. The police have recovered fake currency worth
Rs. nine lakh in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000.
The police have arrested Mohammed Jamal Husen
Ali Ahmed Sheikh (26), Mohammed Rahul Islam Mohammed Nijamuddin (26), Nahar
Begam Mohammed Rahul Islam (21), Mohammed Ibadul Farji Rijaul Farji (22) and
Pyari Begam Jamal Mulla (30) and seized their passports and a mobile. Fake
currency in the denominations of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 were being circulated
in the market. An apple vendor had initially informed the police about some
women who were circulating the fake currency in the market. One of the women
had purchased apples worth Rs. 50 and given him a Rs. 1,000 note to get change.
It was through that lead that the other four were arrested.
"These Bangladeshis had come to Bombay
to distribute the fake currency and once their job is done they return to
Bangladesh. They generally do not stay back in the city. Also, they commute
through legal means with original passports and visas," said Brijesh
Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 1.
"For a lay man it is very difficult to
distinguish between this fake note and a real note, as it has all of the ultra
violet features that a real Rs. 500 or Rs. 1,000 note has. It also has the
watermark of Gandhi, but this is different from the real watermark. The quality
of paper used and the printing on the notes again point to the cross border
connection. It also indicates that the Bangladesh has now emerged as a secondary
base for such kind of activities," said Singh. The police have till date
arrested nine Bangladeshis (three women and six men) in connection with the
fake currency racket and seized a total of Rs. 10,32,000 in fake currency.
