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FICN Related Incidents:2016
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January - 1 
Five persons, including two women, were arrested from Miao-Kharsang area for circulating Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) at Miao Market in Changlang District on January 1, reports The Assam Tribune. The accused were identified as Ali Ahammad (52), Habel Ud Din (36), Amin Ul Islam (19) and two women
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Five persons, including two women, were arrested from Miao-Kharsang area for circulating Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) at Miao Market in Changlang District on January 1, reports The Assam Tribune. The accused were identified as Ali Ahammad (52), Habel Ud Din (36), Amin Ul Islam (19) and two women. The Police recovered 21 high quality FICN of INR 500 denomination from the market and two mobile handsets, Indian currency and other goods from the possession of the accused. All the arrested had come from Satarakanara viilage in Barpeta District of Assam, an official statement said.
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January - 1 
With Malda District emerging as the "capital' of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), the internal security committee in West Bengal has decided to meet officials of central agencies dealing with the issue in the state, Economic Times reports on January 2. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has
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With Malda District emerging as the "capital' of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), the internal security committee in West Bengal has decided to meet officials of central agencies dealing with the issue in the state, Economic Times reports on January 2. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has started 30 cases of FICN smuggling in which the agency found links with terror modules and money laundering networks. In 2015, the Border Security Force (BSF) seized INR 2,60,82,000 of FICN from the Malda border alone and apprehended 24 couriers."Every day they are changing their modus operandi. The most serious issue is not being able to reach the kingpin of these rackets. In no case, we could arrest the handlers. The couriers are arrested and the links get disconnected. At least five agencies are now working together on FICN. However, the seized amount is only 10 per cent of the total flow," said a senior official of the committee. The couriers make 2 to 5 per cent on each consignment; profits are huge for those who run the trade. The kingpins get 50 per cent of the amount smuggled into India. Moreover, the racketeers often have links to the terror modules. Mobile phones have reduced the risk, giving smuggling a boost and attracting more people into the racket. The network of Grameenphone, a leading telecom operator in Bangladesh, spills over into the Indian side, making it easier for the smugglers to coordinate their act.
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January - 3 
The terrorists who raided Pathankot air base may have entered India assisted by a drugs racket along both sides of the Indo-Pakistan border and the heavy arms and ammunition used by them could have been dispatched from the neighbouring country before they crossed the border, New Indian Express repor
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The terrorists who raided Pathankot air base may have entered India assisted by a drugs racket along both sides of the Indo-Pakistan border and the heavy arms and ammunition used by them could have been dispatched from the neighbouring country before they crossed the border, New Indian Express reports on January 4. Security agencies suspect that the terrorists crossed the International Border in Punjab through a "controlled operation" by a gang involved in the smuggling of narcotics, Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and arms.The possibility of the involvement of some security personnel with the smuggling gang cannot be ruled out as there have been inputs in the past about some elements being linked to the establishment of the drugs racket, the sources said. A detailed probe and questioning of some people involved in the racket could unearth the conspiracy, they added.Speculation is rife that the heavy arms and ammunition used by the terrorists in the attack were sent over from Pakistan much before the terrorists crossed the International Border. There is a high probability that the arms were sent through the drugs racket and dumped at a designated spot from where the terrorists collected these after crossing the border through a route used by the smugglers, sources said.
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January - 8 
Directorate of Revenue (DRI) officials on January 8, arrested a person, identified as Rajesh Shekh along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of INR 2,00,000 from Ratanpura locality in Motipur Police Station in Muzaffarpur District, reports webindia123.com. DRI sources said the carrier, Shekh, a
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Directorate of Revenue (DRI) officials on January 8, arrested a person, identified as Rajesh Shekh along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of INR 2,00,000 from Ratanpura locality in Motipur Police Station in Muzaffarpur District, reports webindia123.com. DRI sources said the carrier, Shekh, a resident of Malda District in West Bengal, was arrested when he was travelling in a Motihari bound bus. The suspect is said to be a member of an inter-state gang of fake currency note smugglers. He was being interrogated by the sleuths.
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January - 10 
According to data provided by Border Security Force (BSF) Punjab Frontier headquarters, seven narcotics smugglers and intruders, including three Pakistani nationals, have been shot dead in separate encounters by BSF personnel guarding the International Border along Pakistan in Punjab in 2015 and 344
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According to data provided by Border Security Force (BSF) Punjab Frontier headquarters, seven narcotics smugglers and intruders, including three Pakistani nationals, have been shot dead in separate encounters by BSF personnel guarding the International Border along Pakistan in Punjab in 2015 and 344 kilogram heroin worth INR 1,720 crore was seized during the period, Indian Express reports on January 10. It also stated that in 2015, 91 persons were arrested for narcotics smuggling and illegally crossing the border, while Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value of more that INR 11,00,000 was seized. Of the 91 persons arrested five were Indian smugglers while the others included 58 Indians, 20 Pakistanis, four Bangladeshis, two Nigerians, one Chinese and one Nepali, who were held for crossing the border illegally, the BSF data stated. The other items seized in 2015 include 17 weapons, 24 magazines and 286 cartridges. 19 Mobile phones (15 Pakistani, 2 Indian, 2 Bangladeshi) and 41 SIM cards (28 Pakistani, 11 Indian, 2 Bangladeshi) were also seized through 2015.
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January - 10 
Five persons, including a suspected Bangladeshi national, have been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) having face value of INR 35,00,000 on January 10, reports PTI. Acting on a tip off, the STF team conducted a raid at a businessm
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Five persons, including a suspected Bangladeshi national, have been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) having face value of INR 35,00,000 on January 10, reports PTI. Acting on a tip off, the STF team conducted a raid at a businessman's house in Posta Police Station area limits and nabbed the five Trinath Mandal, Sanjay Mandal, Prabas Mandal, Pradip Mandal and Sanjay Singh along with FICN. According to STF source, Trinath is supposed to be a Bangladeshi who entered India through Malda District. The other four of the group were residents of Baishnabnagar of Malda, STF official said.
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January - 10 
Seven persons arrested and Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 950,000 was seized in two separate raids in West Champaran and Gaya Districts on January 10, reports The Times of India. Acting on an input from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a joint operation by the West and East Champ
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Seven persons arrested and Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 950,000 was seized in two separate raids in West Champaran and Gaya Districts on January 10, reports The Times of India. Acting on an input from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a joint operation by the West and East Champaran Police succeeded in arresting one fake currency note peddler from near Bakharia Chowk under Majhaulia Police Station area on NH28B in West Champaran District.
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January - 10 
Two persons, identified as Kishan Naik and Lalitha were arrested on January 10 along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with a face value of INR 1,30,000 at Ramchandrapur in Medak District of Telangana, reports Business Standard. Police raided their rented house and find them in possession of the
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Two persons, identified as Kishan Naik and Lalitha were arrested on January 10 along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with a face value of INR 1,30,000 at Ramchandrapur in Medak District of Telangana, reports Business Standard. Police raided their rented house and find them in possession of the fake currency notes in denominations of INR 100 and INR 500. However, four other members of their gang managed to flee. Police said the accused were handed over the counterfeit currency for circulation by a man in Kolkata (West Bengal).
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January - 11 
A week into the Malda violence, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials on January 11 admitted that the West Bengal District remains a ‘difficult area’ for the agency to work in, reports Daily Mail. “It is true that Malda has been a difficult area in terms of its communal aspect a
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A week into the Malda violence, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials on January 11 admitted that the West Bengal District remains a ‘difficult area’ for the agency to work in, reports Daily Mail. “It is true that Malda has been a difficult area in terms of its communal aspect and the territorial reason. It is a sensitive belt…There is a lot of work to be done,” NCB Deputy Director General (eastern zone) SK Sahu stated. Sahu said that since the money flow is high, the crime rate is also alarming in that region. “We do carry out sensitisation drives involving the state government and central agencies and constantly coordinate with them. We involve local panchayats (village councils) and include the local population into the economic process so that they don’t indulge in such illegal drug business,” he said.
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January - 11 
The central security agencies have raised an alarm against multiple placement agencies that have grown across Kolkata and border Districts, The Times of India reports on January 12. It was found that such agencies were involved in the Baguiati fake passport case and the Fake Indian Currency Note (FI
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The central security agencies have raised an alarm against multiple placement agencies that have grown across Kolkata and border Districts, The Times of India reports on January 12. It was found that such agencies were involved in the Baguiati fake passport case and the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket neutralised in Posta by the Kolkata Police STF on January 10. According to sources, these placement agencies were offering jobs to labourers using fake documents and then forcing them to become fake currency couriers. Several youths from Malda and Murshidabad Districts are employed as unskilled labourers in Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Tamil Nadu. The FICN racketeers target these youths and use them as carriers.
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January - 13 
One person, identified as Pappu Patel, a resident of Bihar, has been arrested in Friends colony market area of Faridabad (Haryana) along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 17,000 on January 13, reports Business Standard. A case has been registered against the man and further probe was u
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One person, identified as Pappu Patel, a resident of Bihar, has been arrested in Friends colony market area of Faridabad (Haryana) along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 17,000 on January 13, reports Business Standard. A case has been registered against the man and further probe was underway, police said.
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January - 13 
The Malda (West Bengal) District administration has begun a drive to destroy the extensive poppy cultivation in the District, as stated by senior officials of Excise Department on January 13, reports The Hindu. Senior officials said that poppy cultivated on nearly 500 acres had been destroyed in Kal
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The Malda (West Bengal) District administration has begun a drive to destroy the extensive poppy cultivation in the District, as stated by senior officials of Excise Department on January 13, reports The Hindu. Senior officials said that poppy cultivated on nearly 500 acres had been destroyed in Kaliachak and adjoining areas over the past one week. “The drive started on January 5 and till today evening (January 13), 1,500 bighas (495 acres) of poppy cultivation has been destroyed in a joint operation where the police, BSF and excise department are involved,” the official said.Other than poppy cultivation, smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) is also a major concern for law enforcement authorities in the District which shares a border with Bangladesh. FICN amounting approximately INR 30 million were seized in the District in 2015 and 105 cases were registered. Also, 187 cases of possessing illegal arms were registered in Malda in 2015.
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January - 15 
The Border Security Force (BSF) in association with West Bengal Excise Department, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have begun destruction of poppy being cultivated close to the Indo-Bangladesh border in Kaliachak area of Malda District, The Times of India reports on January 16. Kaliachak is considere
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The Border Security Force (BSF) in association with West Bengal Excise Department, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have begun destruction of poppy being cultivated close to the Indo-Bangladesh border in Kaliachak area of Malda District, The Times of India reports on January 16. Kaliachak is considered a major production centre for opium and a hub of cross-border smuggling. While narcotics are trafficked across the border to Bangladesh, Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) is received in return. This FICN is circulated from Kaliachak to the rest of the country."We are conducting a drive to destroy poppy plants in the Sahabajpur Mouza that is close to the international border. Apart from BSF personnel, Excise Department staff and officers from the local Police Station are involved in this activity. So far, we have succeeded in destroying poppy plants on 1,450 bighas of land. We are using tractors and other far equipment to detroy the plants. Security personnel have been deployed to prevent any law and order situation," a senior BSF officer said on January 16.The poppy, cultivated in the border areas of Golapganj, Sahabajpur and Sasani Parbadyanathpur is converted into Opium, Brown Sugar and Heroin. The poppy crop is sown in November-December and harveted in February-March. "We started our operations from January 8. We suspect that local criminals were aware that we would launch this drive and made an attempt to thwart us by engaging in violence on January 3. However, this ploy did not work and all state and central agencies have come together to destroy the crop. In 2015, we had destroyed poppy being cultivated on nearly 5,573 bighas in Kaliachak and neighbouring parts," the officer added.
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January - 15 
Two persons, identified as Janardhan Divekar and Nilesh Dhabhade involved in printing of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) were arrested from Bhiwandi in Maharashtra along with Over 200 fake notes of INR 1,000 and INR 100 denominations, reports The Times of India. The duo used a colour photocopier a
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Two persons, identified as Janardhan Divekar and Nilesh Dhabhade involved in printing of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) were arrested from Bhiwandi in Maharashtra along with Over 200 fake notes of INR 1,000 and INR 100 denominations, reports The Times of India. The duo used a colour photocopier and other materials to make the fake notes, but the duo were not able to circulate them easily. Based on a tip-off, that the duo were trying to disburse the fake currency notes in several areas of Bhiwandi, the team of Police kept a watch on the duo. A team of Policemen then apprehended the duo and upon grilling confessed to the police that have manufactured the notes at a home-made press.
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January - 18 
Intelligence officers of the Border Security Force’s (BSF) and Malda Police on January 18 arrested a man, Enarul Islam, considered to be one of the key figures in the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) smuggling ring that thrives across the IndiaBangladesh border, Alaong with FICN amounting to I
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Intelligence officers of the Border Security Force’s (BSF) and Malda Police on January 18 arrested a man, Enarul Islam, considered to be one of the key figures in the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) smuggling ring that thrives across the IndiaBangladesh border, Alaong with FICN amounting to INR 8,00,000, Hindustan Times reports on January 20. Police cornered the accused, a Bangladeshi citizen, in the Baburhat area in the Malda District of West Bengal. The arrest took place under the Kaliachak Police Station jurisdiction.
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January - 19 
Police claimed to have arrested a person, identified as Akashdeep, along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 32,800 from Rampura village of Bhatinda District in Punjab, The Tribune reports on January 20. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Swapan Sharma said during the interrogation,
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Police claimed to have arrested a person, identified as Akashdeep, along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth INR 32,800 from Rampura village of Bhatinda District in Punjab, The Tribune reports on January 20. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Swapan Sharma said during the interrogation, the accused said he had got these fake currency notes a few months ago from his relative Anil Kumar, a resident of Zirakpur, who is lodged in a Patiala jail.
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January - 19 
We have arrested a Bangladeshi national with fake money of the face value of Rs 8 lakh. We have started an investigation into the incident,” said Malda police superintendent Prasun Banerjee. On January 19, National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths appealed before a Malda court for custody of
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We have arrested a Bangladeshi national with fake money of the face value of Rs 8 lakh. We have started an investigation into the incident,” said Malda police superintendent Prasun Banerjee. On January 19, National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths appealed before a Malda court for custody of the accused. The NIA is already investigating a couple of cases of fake money in the district and indicated they could follow up on this case as well. Police sources told the arrested person is resident of Shibganj Police Station area under Chapai Nawabganj District of Bangladesh.Security officials began tracking Enarul’s movements when they noticed his frequent visits to the country. “The most interesting part of this case is that Enarul didn’t enter India illegally. He came here with valid passport and other documents. Moreover, this is not the first time that he has come to India with valid documents,” a senior officer of the District police said, adding they had received a tip off about Enarul’s illegal activities in India.In February 2015, Enarul came to Malda and stayed at Kaliachak for over a month and returned to Bangladesh. He came to Malda on November 21, 2015 again with a valid passport and visa, and was scheduled to return to Bangladesh by April 10 this year. He had come to Malda in 2014 as well. Intelligence officers ascertained that Enarul’s role was to recruit ‘carriers’ to circulate FICN in India as well as find safe locations to smuggle the notes in to the country.
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January - 23 
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February - 1 
Border Security Force (BSF) troops of Dhubri sector seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 100,000 from three Indian FICN racketeers on February 1, reports The Sentinel. Based on a specific input provided by BSF intelligence wing, a joint operation was launched by troops of BSF Dhub
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Border Security Force (BSF) troops of Dhubri sector seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 100,000 from three Indian FICN racketeers on February 1, reports The Sentinel. Based on a specific input provided by BSF intelligence wing, a joint operation was launched by troops of BSF Dhubri sector along with Police and arrested three FICN couriers with the FICN worth INR 100,000 (in denominations of (INR 1000x52 and 500x96) from Jogmaya Ghat, adjacent to Dhubri town, BSF official said. The detained FICN racketeers have been identified as Golam Hussain (50) of Rajapara Part-II village in Kokrajhar District, Jahar Ali (28) of Tharigram Bita under South Salmara in Dhubri District and Jamaluddin Sheikh (25) of Kolabagan Part-II village in Dhubri District. The arrested persons along with seized items were handed over to Dhubri Police.
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February - 3 
On February 3, three persons arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of face value INR 3,00,000 was seized by police from Kaliachak in West Bengal's Malda District, reports Business Standard. They were arrested and produced at the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court whic
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On February 3, three persons arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of face value INR 3,00,000 was seized by police from Kaliachak in West Bengal's Malda District, reports Business Standard. They were arrested and produced at the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court which remanded them to Police custody on February 4 for four days.
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February - 5 
On February 5, Police arrested five persons, all natives of Kerala, on the charge of involvement in the circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and printing of fake educational certificates in Hassan District of Karnataka, reports The Hindu. The Police suspect that the arrested must be
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On February 5, Police arrested five persons, all natives of Kerala, on the charge of involvement in the circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and printing of fake educational certificates in Hassan District of Karnataka, reports The Hindu. The Police suspect that the arrested must be part of a larger group operating in Karnataka and Kerala. Police gave the names of the arrested as Gopalakrishnan, Babu Chand Pasha, alias Babu Jan, Joman, Rajakumar and Usha Rani.Superintendent of Police (SP) Raman Gupta said at a press conference on February 6 that the Police had seized about 100 items, including two fake currency notes of INR 500 denomination, a car, printing equipment and fake certificates. “They were arrested at Sakleshpur during an investigation into a complaint lodged by a youth of Sakleshpur that he had been cheated by a couple after assuring him of a government job.
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February - 8 
The anti-extortion cell team arrested a woman on February 8, in Navi Mumbai for possessing INR 2,96,000, which was allegedly meant for circulation, reports The Times of India. She has been remanded in Police custody till February 15. Senior Inspector Rajan Jagtap said that the accused woman, Us
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The anti-extortion cell team arrested a woman on February 8, in Navi Mumbai for possessing INR 2,96,000, which was allegedly meant for circulation, reports The Times of India. She has been remanded in Police custody till February 15. Senior Inspector Rajan Jagtap said that the accused woman, Usha Anil Rathod (32), is tight-lipped about the names of others involved.
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February - 9 
At the closure of his deposition on day two, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley denied being paid either by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) or the LeT for his activity in India, but the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its chargesheet stated that he had not
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At the closure of his deposition on day two, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Coleman Headley denied being paid either by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) or the LeT for his activity in India, but the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its chargesheet stated that he had not just received money from ISI but also high quality Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN).According to the NIA, in or around July 2006, ISI officer Major Iqbal provided USD 25,000 to Headley in Pakistan for the purpose of establishing an immigration office in Mumbai and for travel expenses. Headley was also provided with high quality fake Indian currency for use in India. Headley said he visited Mumbai seven times on recce before the November 26, 2008, Mumbai terror (also known as 26/11) attack. He said that he came to Mumbai for the first time on September 14, 2006 and later on February 21, 2007.
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February - 9 
Crime Branch officials unearthed a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) printing and distribution racket in Surat District on February 9, reports The Times of India. Six persons, identified as, Pradeep Thakkar, Lalji Puraniya, Hitesh Mer, Vishal Puraniya, Chetan Moradiya and Ghanshyam Sakariy
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Crime Branch officials unearthed a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) printing and distribution racket in Surat District on February 9, reports The Times of India. Six persons, identified as, Pradeep Thakkar, Lalji Puraniya, Hitesh Mer, Vishal Puraniya, Chetan Moradiya and Ghanshyam Sakariya, were arrested for running the racket. Police recovered total 540 FICN each of INR 100 denomination from their possession.
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February - 9 
Police investigation revealed that the accused used to print the fake currency notes on computer printer and the notes were designed on computer. The accused have designed the notes and printed it in a manner that it was difficult to identify, Police informed. Police will produce the accused in cour
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Police investigation revealed that the accused used to print the fake currency notes on computer printer and the notes were designed on computer. The accused have designed the notes and printed it in a manner that it was difficult to identify, Police informed. Police will produce the accused in court in evening to seek their custody for further investigation.
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February - 10 
One person, identified as Pooja was arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 12,000 on February 10 in Jharsuguda, reports New Indian Express. As many as 24 FICNs in the denomination of INR 500 were Pooja. During interrogation, she admitted that one Sushant Singh has been
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One person, identified as Pooja was arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 12,000 on February 10 in Jharsuguda, reports New Indian Express. As many as 24 FICNs in the denomination of INR 500 were Pooja. During interrogation, she admitted that one Sushant Singh has been supplying her fake notes for the last six months.
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February - 10 
the Border Security Force (BSF) troops deployed at Rongra in South Garo Hills District arrested one Bangladeshi National Mohtaj Miya (35) of Phulbari in Netrakona District of Bangladesh, while he was infiltrating from Bangladesh into India on February 10, reports The Sentinel. The BSF recovered
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the Border Security Force (BSF) troops deployed at Rongra in South Garo Hills District arrested one Bangladeshi National Mohtaj Miya (35) of Phulbari in Netrakona District of Bangladesh, while he was infiltrating from Bangladesh into India on February 10, reports The Sentinel. The BSF recovered INR 20,000 Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) (denomination 1000 x 1, 500 x 38), Bangladeshi Taka 70 and one mobile with two Bangladeshi SIM from his possession. He revealed that the consignment of FICN was brought from Durgapur in Netrakona for handing over to one Indian FICN racketeer namely Greengton Marak of South Garo Hills.
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February - 12 
The Border Security Force (BSF) on February 12 arrested a man near the Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Malda District along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of the face value of over INR 13,00,000, reports Business Standard. The man was seized by the troopers in the early hours in the
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The Border Security Force (BSF) on February 12 arrested a man near the Bangladesh border in West Bengal's Malda District along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of the face value of over INR 13,00,000, reports Business Standard. The man was seized by the troopers in the early hours in the Daulatpur border outpost area. The BSF so far in the year has seized over INR 27,00,000 FICN and apprehended six smugglers from across the South Bengal frontier.
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February - 20 
A team of Narcotic Cell arrested two persons, identified as L. Thangchungnung alias Chuchung Khongsai (18) and Sotinthang Touthang (18) along with 13 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of INR 500 denomination from Gambhir Shopping Complex in Imphal West District on February 20, reports The Sangai Ex
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A team of Narcotic Cell arrested two persons, identified as L. Thangchungnung alias Chuchung Khongsai (18) and Sotinthang Touthang (18) along with 13 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of INR 500 denomination from Gambhir Shopping Complex in Imphal West District on February 20, reports The Sangai Express.
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February - 24 
According to Enforcement agencies the flow of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) to Kerala has recorded an increase of 360 per cent in 2015 compared to 2014, New Indian Express reports on February 25. Though the total seized value of counterfeit money is INR 34,55,000 in 2015 compared to INR 7,51,000
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According to Enforcement agencies the flow of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) to Kerala has recorded an increase of 360 per cent in 2015 compared to 2014, New Indian Express reports on February 25. Though the total seized value of counterfeit money is INR 34,55,000 in 2015 compared to INR 7,51,000 in 2014, the Police estimate that the seized amount is just below 10 per cent of the actual volume being circulated in the state.Police officials said counterfeit valued around INR 3 to 4 crore was being pumped into the state by the rackets every year and the bulk of it was used for real estate transactions. As per the latest Police data, Kozhikode accounted for highest seizure of FICN, INR 9,04000 lakh in September 2015, followed by Malappuram - INR 2,09000 in June 2015. Officials with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) confirmed the increase in the inflow of FICNs to Kerala in the last one year and the seized amount was minuscule.ADGP (Intelligence) A Hemachandran said the fake currency agents have shifted their operations from Dubai to Bangladesh. “Earlier, Dubai was the major transit point for the rackets to source the FICNs but now the rackets operate from Bangladesh. As per reports, Malda in West Bengal has emerged as the nerve centre of the supply chain,” said As per the Police data, FICNs in the denomination of INR 1000 and INR 500 were highest though surprisingly police stumbled upon FICNs in the denomination of INR 10 and INR 20 from Kollam in August 2015.“We have seized 83 notes in the denomination of Rs 10 and eight notes of Rs 20 from Kollam. Even counterfeit of Rs 100 is widely circulated in the state,” police officials said. As per the data, Thiruvananthapuram reported the maximum number of FICN cases,5, followed by Ernakulam and Pathanamthita. Two cases were registered in Thrissur and Kozhikode, while one case was registered in Wayanad, Palakkad, Kollam and Kannur between January and October 2015.The NIA has already tracked the role of Pakistan’s ISI in production and distribution of FICNs via Dubai, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. “Sri Lankans are the new suppliers of the FICNs. Ports are still the hot destinations for the rackets to smuggle in FICNs. The new strategy is to smuggle in printed sheets of counterfeit and cut them to size in various hideouts in the state,” said an intelligence officer.
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February - 24 
One person, identified as Jakir Hussain alias Master has been arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of face value INR 73,000 in Kama town of Bharatpur District, india.com reports on February 24. Acting on a tip-off, Special Operation Group (SOG) officials of Rajasthan Police arrested
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One person, identified as Jakir Hussain alias Master has been arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of face value INR 73,000 in Kama town of Bharatpur District, india.com reports on February 24. Acting on a tip-off, Special Operation Group (SOG) officials of Rajasthan Police arrested Jakir Hussain hailing from West Bengal, and seized fake currency notes from him, said Additional Director General of Police SOG and ATS Alok Tripathi. The fake currency reportedly arrived from West Bengal.
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February - 24 
The third Indo-Bangladesh Joint Task Force meeting to prevent smuggling and circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) resolved to enhance mutual cooperation, oneindia.com reports on February 25. The meeting that was held at New Delhi decided that the two countries would enhanced sharing of in
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The third Indo-Bangladesh Joint Task Force meeting to prevent smuggling and circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) resolved to enhance mutual cooperation, oneindia.com reports on February 25. The meeting that was held at New Delhi decided that the two countries would enhanced sharing of intelligence between the two countries and also maintain a thorough data base to combat this menace.The capabilities of Forensic laboratories shall be enhanced through mutual collaboration between the forensic experts on both sides. Mass awareness program shall be conducted by Central Banks of both the countries in the vulnerable areas to sensitize people about the risk of FICN. Joint Training and Seminars will be organized by both sides on various aspects of identification of FICN and challenges in detection, investigation, and prosecution of FICN related cases.During the deliberations, both sides shared concern of the debilitating economic effects of the trade in Fake Currency Notes (FCNs) on the economies of the two countries and reiterated the resolve to combat the syndicates together in a concerted manner. The Indian side expressed appreciation for the recent successful detection of large consignments of FICN in Bangladesh.In addition, both the sides agreed to share intelligence and information on a real time basis on the activities of the syndicates and operatives involved in smuggling of Fake Currency Notes. The Joint Task Force also exchanged contact details of Superintendents of Police of the districts on international border on the either side, to enhance their connectivity and a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) was mutually adopted to enhance cooperation between the two sides. The SOP has been signed in pursuance of the MoU signed in June, 2015 to combat the smuggling of Fake Currency Notes which was signed by the Home Secretaries of the two countries during the visit of Prime Minister to Dhaka last year. The SOP adopted by the Joint Task force constituted on both sides, includes following areas of mutual cooperation for combating the trade in FCN.
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February - 26 
The Border Security Force (BSF) seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value exceeding INR 6,00,000 in an operations under the Churianantpur border post in Malda District of West Bengal on February 26, reports The Times of India. "Challenged by a BSF team, the miscreants coming from
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The Border Security Force (BSF) seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with face value exceeding INR 6,00,000 in an operations under the Churianantpur border post in Malda District of West Bengal on February 26, reports The Times of India. "Challenged by a BSF team, the miscreants coming from the Bangladesh side of the border managed to escape but we have seized the FICNs," said a BSF officer. The BSF so far in the year has seized over INR 57,00,000 in FICNs from across the South Bengal frontier and apprehended seven smugglers.`
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March - 11 
Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde of the Supreme Court has suggested setting up of a common court for SAARC member countries to deal with cross-border terror attacks and crimes like smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), drugs and weapons, India Today reports on March 12. To bring to justice perpe
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Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde of the Supreme Court has suggested setting up of a common court for SAARC member countries to deal with cross-border terror attacks and crimes like smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), drugs and weapons, India Today reports on March 12. To bring to justice perpetrators of trans-border terror attacks and crimes, a sitting judge of the Supreme Court has proposed the setting up of a common court for South Asia."Could we consider having a common court for these countries that comprises of judges from all these countries that share the matter," Bobde said addressing the United Nations Counter Terrorism Committee in New York. In his address on need for common courts for cross-border terror cases, Bobde referred to the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terror attack case. 166 people lost their lives when 10 Pakistani terrorists attacked Mumbai. He spoke of how terrorists, trained, armed and launched from Pakistan, had attacked Mumbai and were guided by their handlers in Pakistan throughout the three-daylong terror strike. "This was their advantage (plot hatched in Pakistan and handlers across the border) and the disadvantage India had was that they did not know what the plan was and where the attackers would go next," Bobde added."A court consisting of judges of all SAARC countries in the region will perhaps ensure swifter justice as it will ensure collaboration on trans-border cases," sources said. "Justice Bobde also suggested a secure website that can provide judges of the member countries access to information available to other judges (in the SAARC region) on modus operandi of terror group, arms and equipment used by terrorists and their handlers," sources added. Justice Bobde also suggested Apex Court judges visiting each other's law academies to understand law and its application in member countries.
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March - 11 
The National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) on March 11 launched a web portal to easily compile the precise data of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) circulated across the country, reports Business Standard. 'Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) compilation system' portal will help the NCRB in acqui
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The National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) on March 11 launched a web portal to easily compile the precise data of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) circulated across the country, reports Business Standard. 'Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) compilation system' portal will help the NCRB in acquiring data from all states and other agencies to have a complete picture about the circulation of counterfeit notes in the country.The NCRB mandated to empower the Indian Police with information technology (IT) and is responsible for collecting, analysing the crime data of the country, facilitates Investigating Officers with updated IT tools and information in investigation of crimes. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) has entrusted the NCRB with the responsibility of implementing its flagship plan programme Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) by March 31, 2017.The scheme envisages connecting all the Police Stations through their computerisation. At present, of the 16,000 Police Stations and offices in the country, 10,000 Police Stations and offices have already been connected through this system. In the future roadmap of the government, CCTNS will become one of the major components of integrated criminal justice system.
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March - 11 
The National Investigating Agency (NIA) says Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket has spread into states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, Oneindia.com reports on March 12. In its chargesheet filed against five persons, the NIA says that these persons would source fake currency from Bangladesh. Further
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The National Investigating Agency (NIA) says Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket has spread into states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, Oneindia.com reports on March 12. In its chargesheet filed against five persons, the NIA says that these persons would source fake currency from Bangladesh. Further the NIA also stated that after completion of investigation against the arrested accused persons, it has been found that all of them are part of an interstate gang involved in the procurement and smuggling of fake currency from their associates in Bangladesh. After procuring and smuggling the same into India, the FICN was then circulated in various part of country especially in Maharashtra and Gujarat, by the members of the gang. Sushanta Sahu of Dhenkanal, Odisha, Uttam Kumar Sinha, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, Purushottam Kumar Keshri, Jharia, Jharkhand, Nishfal Mondal, Malda, West Bengal and Rameshwar Sahu, Giridih, Jharkhand have been named as accused in the chargesheet. The case is based on the seizure of FICN having face value of INR 10,01,000 effected by the official of Director of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).
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March - 13 
The trail of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) has been traced to Telangana and investigators say that it had first landed in Malda District of West Bengal from Bangladesh, oneindia.com reports on March 14. The incident on hand has been reported from the Karimnagar District of Telangana. A car laden
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The trail of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) has been traced to Telangana and investigators say that it had first landed in Malda District of West Bengal from Bangladesh, oneindia.com reports on March 14. The incident on hand has been reported from the Karimnagar District of Telangana. A car laden with fake currency worth INR 2,30,000 had been seized and the police also took into custody four persons. It was found that these persons had visited Malda and sourced the fake notes. Investigations also showed that two persons had brought down one consignment by train while the other by bus.A majority of FICNs are pushed directly into Bangladesh from Pakistan from where it is sent to India. Malda has been the landing point due to the proximity to the Bangladesh border. There has been a demand for these notes which land in West Bengal as they are of very high quality and it is very difficult to tell the difference between the original and the fake. National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials who have been probing these cases say that they will take a closer look at the one being investigated in Telangana as well. There is a clear trail and it is connected to the various cases that we have been probing the NIA says.
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March - 20 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has established involvement of the crime syndicate led by Dawood Ibrahim in the attempt to smuggle Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), with face value of INR 9, 75,000 through the Nedumbassery airport in 2013, New Indian Express reports on March 21. In the fina
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has established involvement of the crime syndicate led by Dawood Ibrahim in the attempt to smuggle Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), with face value of INR 9, 75,000 through the Nedumbassery airport in 2013, New Indian Express reports on March 21. In the final report of the case filed before the NIA Court, the NIA has included Dawood Ibrahim’s henchman Aftab Batki, who heads the FICN network of the gang, as accused. A red corner notice by the Interpol is pending against Aftab.The conspiracy pertaining to the smuggling of fake currency notes through the Nedumbassery airport started in October 2012. It all began when Manjeri-native Kunjumuhammad who was lodged in the Arthur Road Prison, Mumbai, in connection with a narcotic case struck a deal with Kasargode-native K M Abdullah who was accused in the sensational Hamza murder case. “Abdullah gave Kinjumuhammed the mobile number of Aftab, who handles Dawood’s fake currency business across India with many cases pending against him,” stated the NIA report.Later, Abdullah introduced Kunjumuhammed to Antony Das of Valparai, Coimbatore, and Perinjanam-native Muhammed Haneefa, and they hatched the conspiracy to smuggle high-quality fake currency notes from the Gulf to India. In October 2012, Antony Das invested `4 lakh for the operation, and sent the money to Kunjumuhammed who was in West Asia.Kunjumuhammed then contacted Aftab in Pakistam and arranged the fake Indian currency notes that were in the safe custody of Mohammed Haneefa in Dubai. Later, Kunjumuhammed arranged Abid Chullikulavan as carrier of the fake currency notes with the help of Abdul Salam, and offered him `50,000 as commission. In January 2013, Customs officials arrested Abid when he arrived at the Nedumbassery airport with the fake Indian currency notes, handed over to him by Antony Das.According to the NIA report, “counterfeiting of high-quality Indian currency notes is rampant by Dawood Ibrahim’s crime syndicate, with the aim of weakening the Indian economy.” A former NIA official said investigation of many cases registered in other parts of country had established the nexus between Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Dawood’s crime syndicate. “The fake notes are printed using highly sophisticated machines set up exclusively for the purpose. Even the minutest details of the original Indian currency notes are duplicated with perfection. So far, Pakistan is the only country where fake Indian currencies are found to have been printed,” added the report.
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March - 30 
Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on March 31, night arrested from Kheda District a man named Narsinh Sevla of Banswada, Rajasthan, with FICN of the face value of over INR 14.1 million, reports The Times of India. "We are looking for associates of Narsinh who had ordered the consignment. We wi
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Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on March 31, night arrested from Kheda District a man named Narsinh Sevla of Banswada, Rajasthan, with FICN of the face value of over INR 14.1 million, reports The Times of India. "We are looking for associates of Narsinh who had ordered the consignment. We will nab them very soon," said a senior Police official."ATS officials are bringing the accused to Ahmedabad for further interrogation," said a senior Police official. The sources said Gujarat ATS had a tip-off about Narsinh ferrying counterfeit notes into Gujarat from Rajasthan.
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March - 30 
On March 30, two persons, identified as Kalu Mori, a manager of Bhavnagar District Cooperative Bank and Bhagwan Chauhana were arrested in Bhavnagar for allegedly running a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, reports The Times of India. Mori is the manager of the bank's Shetrunji Dam branch
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On March 30, two persons, identified as Kalu Mori, a manager of Bhavnagar District Cooperative Bank and Bhagwan Chauhana were arrested in Bhavnagar for allegedly running a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, reports The Times of India. Mori is the manager of the bank's Shetrunji Dam branch in Palitana town. "On Wednesday, we raided Chauhan's residence and recovered 61 fake currency notes. During questioning, he revealed that Mori was also involved in the crime and raided his house too. We found 27 fake notes of Rs 500 denomination each from there and arrested him,'' said Ketan Rathod, in-charge Police Inspector. Giving details of their modus operandi, official sources said that Chauhan gave FICN to Mori who deposited them in the bank. "They took advantage of March ending as people are in a hurry to count the money and fake notes would easily be passed on as real," said a Police official. "Chauhan's brother Dilip, who lives in Bhavnagar and Lalji Patel are involved. Chauhan and Mori were getting fake notes from Patel. Once we nab him, we will know the source of the counterfeit notes and unravel the entire racket,'' said Police.
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March - 31 
The trail of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) entering Mumbai has led the Police to new players, illegal Bangladeshi migrants working as construction labourers and house help, Hindustan Times reports on April 1. According to sources, the porous international border in West Bengal’s Malda Dis
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The trail of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) entering Mumbai has led the Police to new players, illegal Bangladeshi migrants working as construction labourers and house help, Hindustan Times reports on April 1. According to sources, the porous international border in West Bengal’s Malda District is the main route for smuggling FICN into the country. Illegal migrants, Police claimed, visit their villages in Bangladesh frequently and carry fake currency notes on their way back into the city, which they eventually spend in the city.In the first two months of 2016, the Mumbai Police have seized FICN worth INR 318,000 in five separate cases. Nine people have been arrested.“The Malda border has a wall separating the two countries. The smugglers throw stacks of counterfeit currency across the wall, which are then collected by smugglers on the Indian side of the border, most of them locals from villages along the border. Small bundles of the fake currency notes are given to handlers, who transport it to various parts of the country. Crossing over to India costs anywhere between Rs2,000 and Rs5,000. Getting counterfeit currency into the city is not very difficult from there,” said a Crime Branch officer. “The Indo-Bangladesh border acts as the main channel for smuggling. Nowadays, most of the handlers are from Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand,” said Dhananjay Kulkarni, Deputy Commissioner and Mumbai Police spokesperson.
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April - 9 
Sleuths of National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided the suspected hideouts of one Sanjay Barnwal of Raxaul (East Champaran District) of Bihar for his alleged involvement in Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket, The Times of India reports on April 10. Sanjay is said to be the kingpin of counter
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Sleuths of National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided the suspected hideouts of one Sanjay Barnwal of Raxaul (East Champaran District) of Bihar for his alleged involvement in Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket, The Times of India reports on April 10. Sanjay is said to be the kingpin of counterfeit currency racket in Bihar and is associated with the international gang headed by a Pakistani national Mohammad Nadeem.It may be mentioned here that the special bureau of Nepal Police on April 8 neutralised an international gang involved in fake currency racket and arrested Nadeem along with six others with Indian currency of INR one crore face value in Kathmandu. It was one of the biggest seizures of counterfeit notes in Nepal. Nadeem had confessed that Karachi, Pakistan is the origin of FICN which he smuggled to Kathmandu via Doha in Qatar before trying to push it into India through Nepal porous border with Bihar districts. One person from Bihar is close to Nadeem but he managed to escape. He is being searched in India and Nepal, said Kathmandu DIG Bam Bahadur Bhandari. According to intelligence sources, Sanjay managed to escape when Nepal police team raided the hotel on April 8 where Nadeem was staying. Meanwhile, an NIA team is camping at Raxaul from April 9 onwards and has raided Sanjay's hideouts.
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April - 10 
Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of INR 50,000 were seized from Paresh Deka at Noonmati in Guwahati on April 10, reports The Telegraph.
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Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of INR 50,000 were seized from Paresh Deka at Noonmati in Guwahati on April 10, reports The Telegraph.
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April - 10 
Three people, identified as Harish Kumar, Pankaj Narain and Kanwaljeet Singh were arrested in Uttam Nagar area of Delhi along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of INR 2,82,000, reports NDTV. "The fake currency notes were in the denomination of INR 1,000 and INR 500. It wa
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Three people, identified as Harish Kumar, Pankaj Narain and Kanwaljeet Singh were arrested in Uttam Nagar area of Delhi along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of INR 2,82,000, reports NDTV. "The fake currency notes were in the denomination of INR 1,000 and INR 500. It was routed through West Bengal and Bihar," Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Ravindra Kumar said."Harish Kumar informed during interrogation that he met with one Arjun Sharma who introduced him with one Munna Bhaiya, a kingpin based in Bettiah in Bihar, in 2015 who allured and induced him to join the illegal syndicate to earn quick bucks," said the officer.Kumar then started bringing FICN to Delhi in small quantity and circulated it himself in the local or weekly markets of Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) as per the direction of his boss, the officer said. Kumar later organised his network comprising some young boys for circulation of FICN in Delhi.
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April - 16 
Border Security Force (BSF) troops of Guwahati Frontier, deployed in Mancachar in South Salmara-Mankachar District, recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of INR 1.5 lakh at the residence of Abdul Kalam alias Abdul Kher on April 16, reports The Telegraph.
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Border Security Force (BSF) troops of Guwahati Frontier, deployed in Mancachar in South Salmara-Mankachar District, recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of INR 1.5 lakh at the residence of Abdul Kalam alias Abdul Kher on April 16, reports The Telegraph.
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April - 16 
Police on April 16, arrested a 13-member Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) gang in Vijayawada District of Andhra Pradesh, reports The Hindu. Fake notes with a face value of INR 8,00,000 and INR 50,000 in original currency and 16 mobile phones were seized from them. The gang members were pumping count
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Police on April 16, arrested a 13-member Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) gang in Vijayawada District of Andhra Pradesh, reports The Hindu. Fake notes with a face value of INR 8,00,000 and INR 50,000 in original currency and 16 mobile phones were seized from them. The gang members were pumping counterfeit currency of INR 1,000 and INR 500 denomination from other countries into India. Saddam Hussain and Hassan Ali, natives of West Bengal, whom the Police consider to be kingpins of the racket, were among the 13 persons arrested.The Police said another arrested person, a dismissed South Central Railway (SCR) employee of Vijayawada, Akula Venkata Durga Seshubabu, played a vital role in organising the racket in Andhra Pradesh. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) L. Kalidas Venkata Rangarao said the gang was operating from Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari, Hyderabad and other places for the last few months.The accused Seshubabu appointed Chittajallu Nandalal Bose, Shaik Kalesha, S. Srinivasa Rao, M. Kishore Babu and B. Siva Prasad of Vijayawada to exchange the notes. The other members of the gang include G. Ravi Kumar of Hyderabad, K. Ravi Kumar, N. Srinivasa Rao, N. Rajendra Prasad and B. Venkata Durga Prasad of East Godavari District.The modus operandi of the gang is to collect FICN from Saddam Hussain and Hassan Ali, who are allegedly smuggling the currency notes printed in Pakistan and Bangladesh, and circulate them in the local market. “Fake notes resemble the original ones and it is very difficult to differentiate...The seized notes will be sent to Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for further investigation,” said West Zone Assistant Commissioner of Police G. Ramakrishna.
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April - 18 
Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh on April 18 said the Centre would consider sealing the India-Bangladesh border to stop the menace of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) and cattle smuggling, reports india.com. “We will consider sealing the India-Bangladesh border so that the problem of fa
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Union Home Minister (UHM) Rajnath Singh on April 18 said the Centre would consider sealing the India-Bangladesh border to stop the menace of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) and cattle smuggling, reports india.com. “We will consider sealing the India-Bangladesh border so that the problem of fake currency and cow smuggling can be stopped,” Singh said. Singh also raised the issue of infiltration of Bangladeshis into India through the border with West Bengal. “Till date we have not taken up any step in connection with the Bangladeshi infiltrations. But we want that people of Bangladesh stay in Bangladesh and Indians stay in India. Bangladesh is our neighbour and we have very good friendly relations with them and we must maintain that relation. “But it must be ensured that the people of Bangladesh does not become a liability for us (India) and similarly India must not be the same on them… Both the countries be cautious on this matter,” Singh added.
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April - 19 
Concerned over circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), the Centre has intensified vigil along Indo-Bangladesh border, especially in West Bengal, which has emerged as a major transit point for smuggling counterfeit notes, Business Standard reports on April 20. Pakistan's Inter-Services
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Concerned over circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), the Centre has intensified vigil along Indo-Bangladesh border, especially in West Bengal, which has emerged as a major transit point for smuggling counterfeit notes, Business Standard reports on April 20. Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been actively pumping fake notes into India and central security agencies are alarmed at the new routes being taken by the spy agency to unleash economic terror. The Union Cabinet on April 20 approved transfer of 58.81 acre land, belonging to the Farakka Barrage Project in Malda, to Border Security Force (BSF), which guards the international border. The BSF will set up a battalion headquarters in Malda District of West Bengal.The journey of FICN starts from Pakistan and reaches Bangladesh by air or sea and then reaches India through West Bengal's border District Malda, official sources said. FICN having the face value of INR 9 crore was seized in West Bengal in 2015, setting the alarm bells ringing in security establishment. Printing fake INR 100 note costs about INR 25-30. The major states where the fake Indian currency notes are in circulation are Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.
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April - 19 
Two persons, identified as Mohammad Maqsood Alam and Mohammad Shahjad Alam were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of INR 99,500 face value near Dhanpur Chowk under Kochadhaman Police Station area in Kishanganj District on April 19, reports The Times of India. They are native of v
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Two persons, identified as Mohammad Maqsood Alam and Mohammad Shahjad Alam were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of INR 99,500 face value near Dhanpur Chowk under Kochadhaman Police Station area in Kishanganj District on April 19, reports The Times of India. They are native of village Hat Gaanji under Bahadurganj Police Station in Kishanganj District. Kishanganj Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajeev Mishra said the fake currency was probably meant to be distributed among voters during upcoming panchayat elections in the district. "Investigations are on to identify the gang and its other members," he said, adding that the FICN was brought from Nepal.
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April - 21 April - 22
Surajpur Police of North Chhattisgarh arrested five persons along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 77500, while four persons, including a woman, were arrested on April 21, one was arrested on April 22, from undisclosed location, reports Times of India. According to Police, during prel
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Surajpur Police of North Chhattisgarh arrested five persons along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 77500, while four persons, including a woman, were arrested on April 21, one was arrested on April 22, from undisclosed location, reports Times of India. According to Police, during preliminary interrogation the gang members confessed to have been involved in business of fake currency for the last several years and have circulated fake currency worth lakhs of rupees in rural markets and fairs. The identity of the arrested are: Shahabuddin alias Abdul Rehman, Wahid Ali, Mataparasad Gond, Dhanpatia Gond, and Dipak Kumar alias Guddu. Police have registered cases under Section 489 B, 489 C of IPC (procuring and circulating fake currency) against the accused and are investigating further.
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April - 22 
The Anti-Terrorist cell of Pune City Police Crime Branch arrested a person identified as, Mohammad Masood Shaikh along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with face value of INR 1,96,500 from Tadiwala Road area on April 22, reports Indian Express. According to Police, Shaikh is a resident of Malda
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The Anti-Terrorist cell of Pune City Police Crime Branch arrested a person identified as, Mohammad Masood Shaikh along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with face value of INR 1,96,500 from Tadiwala Road area on April 22, reports Indian Express. According to Police, Shaikh is a resident of Malda District in West Bengal.The Police suspect that he is a part of the fake currency racket operating in Malda District, located on the India-Bangladesh border. Police said that his brother was earlier arrested by the Yerawada Police in 2014 in a similar case of fake currency circulation in Pune. During interrogation, Mohammad told the Police that he got the FICN consignment from Malda at a low price. He said that he wanted to earn money by circulating the FICN in Pune. Police suspect that he wanted to give FICN consignment to his operatives in Pune, who would further circulate the fake notes in the market by various ways. Investigation is on to find out details of his accomplices and the masterminds behind the FICN racket.
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April - 27 
Police arrested a businessman of Delhi, identified as Asgar Khan, from Bajeyapti village under Baishnabnagar Police Station on April 27 along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting INR 1,35,000, reports echiofindia.com. "Khan, a businessman from Gandhinagar area in Delhi came to Malda
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Police arrested a businessman of Delhi, identified as Asgar Khan, from Bajeyapti village under Baishnabnagar Police Station on April 27 along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting INR 1,35,000, reports echiofindia.com. "Khan, a businessman from Gandhinagar area in Delhi came to Malda on two occasions earlier too and stayed in a hotel. This time too he stayed in a hotel and went to Baishnabnagar and Kaliachak to collect the FICN from some peddlers. As we had information about his suspicious movements, we laid a trap for Khan and he was arrested with FICN," said a senior Police official.Khan was produced in court on April 28. Police appealed for taking him into remand for further interrogation. It is also learnt from sources in Police that a team of NIA (National investigation agency) is likely to come to Malda to interrogate Khan. "If necessary, NIA could take him into their custody too," a Police officer said.
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April - 29 
In a joint operation with Kaliachak Police a team of Mumbai Police arrested a suspected kingpin of a FICN (Fake Indian Currency Notes) circulation racket from Kaliachak market area in Malda District on April 29, reports echoofindia.com. FICN of INR 1500 was seized from the Rezzaque Ali. He was produ
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In a joint operation with Kaliachak Police a team of Mumbai Police arrested a suspected kingpin of a FICN (Fake Indian Currency Notes) circulation racket from Kaliachak market area in Malda District on April 29, reports echoofindia.com. FICN of INR 1500 was seized from the Rezzaque Ali. He was produced in court today and taken on transit remand for seven days by Mumbai Police.According to sources one Daneesh Sheikh was arrested from Thane area in Mumbai about a week ago by the Mumbai Police. FICN of INR 2,00,000 was reportedly confiscated from Sheikh who was also an inhabitant of an area under Kaliachak Police Station. An official of the Mumbai Police team that came to Malda on Friday said that while interrogating Sheikh informed that he had collected those FICN from Ali in Kaliachak. “Accordingly we contacted Malda police and arrested Ali last night,” the official informed. Syed Waqar Raza, the Superintendent of Police (SP) said, “Mumbai police arrested a suspected FICN racket member from Kaliachak last night. He was taken into transit remand.”
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May - 4 
Four persons were on May 4, arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of the face value of INR 50,000 from Laxmipur village in Bihar's East Champaran District, Business Standard reports. Raxaul Station House Officer Rajeshwar Prasad said during frisking Police recovered the fake curre
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Four persons were on May 4, arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of the face value of INR 50,000 from Laxmipur village in Bihar's East Champaran District, Business Standard reports. Raxaul Station House Officer Rajeshwar Prasad said during frisking Police recovered the fake currency notes which the four were smuggling into the country. The four, including a woman, had entered into the Indian side from Nepal.
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May - 8 
Finance Ministry data presented in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) show that INR 6,30,000 Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) were detected in financial year 201516, up from INR 5,90,000 in 201415 and 4,90,000 in the year before that, The Hindu reports on May 9. In value terms, INR 29.
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Finance Ministry data presented in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Indian Parliament) show that INR 6,30,000 Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) were detected in financial year 201516, up from INR 5,90,000 in 201415 and 4,90,000 in the year before that, The Hindu reports on May 9. In value terms, INR 29.6 crore worth of FICN were found in 201516, a rise from INR 28.7 crore in the previous year. The data indicated that the banks, and the central bank, could have become better at catching counterfeit currency, or the incidence of counterfeiting had increased, or both. Of the FICN detected in 201516, 41 per cent was of INR 500 denomination and 35 per cent, INR 100. Interestingly, the absolute number of fake fivehundred rupee notes dipped in 201516 to 2.6 lakh from 2.7 lakh in the previous year. There was a rise, however, in counterfeit hundred and thousandrupee notes – by 22 per cent and 9 per cent – respectively, over the same period.
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May - 8 
In border outpost Daulatpur of Malda District, Border Security Force (BSF) troopers seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), being of 1000 and 500 rupee denomination, amounting to nearly INR 20,00,000 being smuggled into India from Bangladesh, The Hindu reports on May 9. Upon being challenged to st
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In border outpost Daulatpur of Malda District, Border Security Force (BSF) troopers seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), being of 1000 and 500 rupee denomination, amounting to nearly INR 20,00,000 being smuggled into India from Bangladesh, The Hindu reports on May 9. Upon being challenged to stop, the miscreants managed to flee leaving behind the money bag. After a thorough search, the BSF ambush party recovered a bag containing FICN wrapped in plastic. The seized currency has been handed over to Police for further action. So far, BSF South Bengal Frontier has seized fake currency of the face value of over INR 97,00,000 during 2016.
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May - 10 
According to the study "Estimation of the quantum of FICN in circulation", conducted by Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 250 in every 10,00,000 notes in circulation in India are fake and INR 400 crore worth of such Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) is in circulation in the country at
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According to the study "Estimation of the quantum of FICN in circulation", conducted by Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 250 in every 10,00,000 notes in circulation in India are fake and INR 400 crore worth of such Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) is in circulation in the country at any given point of time, The Times of India reports on May 11. The study has unearthed FICN worth INR 70 crore are infused into the Indian market every year with agencies only being able to intercept one third of them.Moreover, Indian Statistical Institute has asked the government to take "immediate steps", since these figures are only indicative of the extent of the menace. The findings have been accepted by the government and a series of strong measures to counter this 'economic terrorism' is being planned. The study has further revealed that the detection rate of fake 100 and 500 rupee notes were found to be about the same and higher than the detection rate of 1000 rupee notes by about 10 per cent. It added that fake 1,000 rupee notes constitute about 50 per cent of the total value of FICN.The study was based on volumes of FICN detected and cash transaction in the banking sector. The study said that "the detection of FICN is carried out primarily by commercial banks. However, their reporting is irregular too and only three banks Axis, HDFC and ICICI report about 80 per cent of the detection".
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May - 10 
Mumbai Police Crime Branch arrested three persons, identified as Barak Shaikh, Saifuddin Momin and Musloddin Momin, all natives of Malda District, West Bengal on May 10, along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 3,00,000 from Senapati Bapat Marg in Parel (Mumbai), reports Indian Express.
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Mumbai Police Crime Branch arrested three persons, identified as Barak Shaikh, Saifuddin Momin and Musloddin Momin, all natives of Malda District, West Bengal on May 10, along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 3,00,000 from Senapati Bapat Marg in Parel (Mumbai), reports Indian Express. While the fake notes were ‘high quality’ ones, they were identified as fakes after the watermark on the notes started coming off. Malda has been in news in the past as an important point for smuggling of fake currency to India through the Bangladesh border. An officer said investigations had revealed that the trio had taken the currency from another person in Malda who was their handler. “Investigations are on in the case and more arrests are likely,” said an officer.
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May - 17 
Police neutralised an inter-state gang of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racketeers and arrested three persons, including the kingpin, for allegedly possessing FICN with face value of INR 5,60,000, India Today reports on May 17. "The trio have been identified as Virendra Pramanik who is the R
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Police neutralised an inter-state gang of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racketeers and arrested three persons, including the kingpin, for allegedly possessing FICN with face value of INR 5,60,000, India Today reports on May 17. "The trio have been identified as Virendra Pramanik who is the Ranchi-based kingpin of the racket, Elu Ram Sahu and his son Amit Sahu both natives of Mungeli district, and fake notes with face value of Rs 5.60 lakh were recovered from them," Raigarh City Superintendent of Police Satyendra Pandey said. "He (Pramanik) procures fake currency from Jharkhand and disposes it off in neighbouring Jashpur, Raigarh and Bilaspur districts (in Chhattisgarh) besides in Katni region of Madhya Pradesh," the officer said.
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May - 18 
Crime Branch on May 18 neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and three persons have been arrested in this connection, reports The Times of India. According to information Crime Branch had received tip off regarding a person having a criminal history and recently been spending a lot o
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Crime Branch on May 18 neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and three persons have been arrested in this connection, reports The Times of India. According to information Crime Branch had received tip off regarding a person having a criminal history and recently been spending a lot of money among his friend. Police also received input that the accused, identified as Shahbaz Khan, a resident of Nayapara in Mahasamund District and presently living in village Gatadeeh of Balauda Bazaar District was looking for a prospective customer for a consignment of fake currency. On May 18 Police arrested him from near Mahasamund railway station and seized INR 3,50,000 worth of fake currency.Following the information given by Shahbaz Police raided his accomplice Mangal's residence and confiscated INR 5,30,000 and colour printer, computer, CPU, scanner, paper cutter and other equipment. Mangal informed police that he used to distribute fake currency in various parts of the state with the help of his brother Chitranjan, Golu alias Mayank Sahu, resident of Dansara of Raipur District and Shahbaz Khan. Following information from Mangal Police picked up Golu alias Mayank Sahu and confiscated FICN worth INR 400,000 from him.
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May - 22 
Police arrested two persons, identified as Pankajsingh Rajput and Hitesh Chauhan along with 29 Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of INR 1,000 denomination in Karanj of Surat District, The Times of India reports on May 23. According to Police, the shopkeepers tipped them off that two youths in their l
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Police arrested two persons, identified as Pankajsingh Rajput and Hitesh Chauhan along with 29 Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of INR 1,000 denomination in Karanj of Surat District, The Times of India reports on May 23. According to Police, the shopkeepers tipped them off that two youths in their late twenties were making small purchases and were paying with INR 1,000 currency notes. After a couple of shops, the shopkeepers smelled a pattern and informed Police at 1.30 pm and the duo was caught from near the BSNL office. According to Police, "The notes are of good quality, and thus we have sent the specimens for forensic analysis to ascertain its probable origin".
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May - 22 
Police of north Chhattisgarh arrested two persons along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 1,00,000 from an undisclosed location in Bangladesh border, The Times of India reports on May 23. The duo were members of an international gang involved in distributing FICN in various parts of Ch
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Police of north Chhattisgarh arrested two persons along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 1,00,000 from an undisclosed location in Bangladesh border, The Times of India reports on May 23. The duo were members of an international gang involved in distributing FICN in various parts of Chhattisgarh. The accused, have confessed to have been bringing fake currency from Pakistan where it is being printed. Surguja IG Himanshu Gupta and Surajpur SP Prakhar Pandey said with the latest arrests, the racket of fake currency in Chhattisgarh has been completely busted.
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May - 24 
Police arrested three people, identified as M K Fainaz, C Rasaq and Rasheed along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 28,000 on May 24 in Kannur District, reports New Indian Express. According to Police Rasaq was supplying the fake notes to Fainaz for distributing the fake note. Fainaz p
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Police arrested three people, identified as M K Fainaz, C Rasaq and Rasheed along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 28,000 on May 24 in Kannur District, reports New Indian Express. According to Police Rasaq was supplying the fake notes to Fainaz for distributing the fake note. Fainaz paid INR 65,000 for getting a INR 1,00,000 value of fake currency notes. Police have begun an intensive investigation in this regard.
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May - 26 
Uttar Pradesh Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and arrested a Nizamuddin Ansari, member of the gang associated with smuggling FICN from Nepal, in Charbagh railway station of Lucknow on May 26, reports The Times of India. Police also recovered
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Uttar Pradesh Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and arrested a Nizamuddin Ansari, member of the gang associated with smuggling FICN from Nepal, in Charbagh railway station of Lucknow on May 26, reports The Times of India. Police also recovered fake currency worth INR 7,00,000. The racket was being allegedly run by Pakistan's premier intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Ansari, was looking after the gang's activities around the Indo-Nepal border. However, the kingpins of the gang are believed to based in Singapore, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Ansari was was planning to board a train to Delhi to deliver the a consignment, that was seized from him.
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May - 28 
The Special Operation Group (SOG) neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and arrested four persons, from Bhuj in Kutch District of Gujarat on May 28, reports The Times of India. On searching them, police found 43 FICN of denomination INR 1,000 and 236 notes of INR 500 denomination, wi
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The Special Operation Group (SOG) neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and arrested four persons, from Bhuj in Kutch District of Gujarat on May 28, reports The Times of India. On searching them, police found 43 FICN of denomination INR 1,000 and 236 notes of INR 500 denomination, with total face value of INR 1,61,000 with the accused. Police also recovered INR 7,920 genuine Indian currency as well. Those arrested include Siraz alias SonuAbhrar Ahmed Sheikh, his wife Rehnakhatun, Sakinakhatun and Rustam Ali Sheikh. All four are native of Kulvariyakala village in Navgadh taluka of Sidharthnagar District in Uttar Pradesh. However, they were living in Mumbai since many years.
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May - 30 
Crime Branch officials on May 30 arrested two more persons, identified as Rajendra Damor and Soeb Ansari in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) in connection with the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket which was neutralised on May 29, reports The Times of India. Crime Branch officials said Damor is the kingpin
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Crime Branch officials on May 30 arrested two more persons, identified as Rajendra Damor and Soeb Ansari in Ahmedabad (Gujarat) in connection with the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket which was neutralised on May 29, reports The Times of India. Crime Branch officials said Damor is the kingpin of the racket and Ansari used to circulate the counterfeit notes in the market. "We have seized counterfeit notes with the corresponding value of Rs 19,500 from the two accused persons," said Inspector Shankar Chaudhary of the Crime Branch. Crime Branch sources said that the seized notes were not of high quality and seemed to be scanned copies of the original ones. "The accused used to print counterfeit notes in the denomination of INR 100, as INR 500 and INR 1,000 notes are scrutinized," the official said. Chaudhary said that the accused circulated the counterfeit notes mainly in the Sunday market which is abuzz with customers most of the time.
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May - 30 
In its investigation into the October 2, 2014 blast at Bardhaman District of West Bengal the National Investigation Agency (NIA) could have stumbled upon the mastermind behind Islamic State (IS) operations in India, reports Deccan Herald on May 31. The NIA recently submitted its third supplementary
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In its investigation into the October 2, 2014 blast at Bardhaman District of West Bengal the National Investigation Agency (NIA) could have stumbled upon the mastermind behind Islamic State (IS) operations in India, reports Deccan Herald on May 31. The NIA recently submitted its third supplementary charge sheet to the case, naming EnamulMollah among others. The 25-year-old could be the key to Indian activities of IS, which has declared itself an independent “Caliphate”. In the chargesheet, the NIA pointed out that of the 30 persons named, 20 have been arrested but 10 others are absconding, of who six are believed to be in Bangladesh.During the course of its investigation, NIA stumbled upon some interesting facts about Mollah. The investigators believe, as an active member of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), he organised number of pro-IS programmes at Bardhaman even before the blast.While there are reasons to believe JMB has been a spent force for the last few years following a country-wide crackdown by the Bangladesh government, Mollah and a few others have been using existing JMB network for their pro-activities. “Enamul started at a young age and by the time the Khagragarh blast took place, he was a hardcore fundamentalist,” a source said. Sources informed that Mollah used to work on behalf of home-grown terror groups like Indian Mujahideen, working as a conduit in Bengal to spread propaganda, organise events, recruit and train cadres in the idea of “Jihad”.NIA digital experts have concluded that he used job portals and other social media outlets to look for recruits. “He also helped smuggle in fake Indian currency notes [FICN] from Bangladesh, which was used to keep the organisation afloat,” a source said “The NIA has sufficiently established that Mollah was involved in harbouring these absconders. He has been in constant touch with key accused, Maulana Yusuf and Abul Kalam.”He not only arranged hideouts but also assisted them in recruiting new members, sources said. “Enamul arranged for a radicalisation programme and circulated Jihad-related material,” a source said.
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June - 3 
Police on June 3 recorded the arrest of five people in connection with the probe into the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), from Attingal in Thiruvananthapuram District, reports The Times of India. Police identified the accused as Jayanthan, Pradeep, Bose Thomas, Ansari and Shinu Krishnan. Police ha
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Police on June 3 recorded the arrest of five people in connection with the probe into the Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), from Attingal in Thiruvananthapuram District, reports The Times of India. Police identified the accused as Jayanthan, Pradeep, Bose Thomas, Ansari and Shinu Krishnan. Police have seized counterfeit notes amounting to INR 1,25,000 from the accused after raiding their residences. All the notes were of denomination 500. Police said that Pradeep and Manju had been circulating fake notes in various parts of the state for the past two years. It was the other four accused who delivered them the notes. They got the notes from gangs based in Bengaluru and Coimbatore.
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June - 7 
A team of Varanasi field unit of Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), arrested four members of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) gang, along with FICN amounting to INR 14,86,000 when they were entering Bihar through Raxaul border on June 7, reports The Times of India. The arrested smugglers were identified as
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A team of Varanasi field unit of Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), arrested four members of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) gang, along with FICN amounting to INR 14,86,000 when they were entering Bihar through Raxaul border on June 7, reports The Times of India. The arrested smugglers were identified as Ajay Kumar Upadhyaya, Chandraprakash Shukla, Amarnath and Ajay Gupta. During initial interrogation of ATS it surfaced that Chandraprakash is the henchman of a politician of West Champaran District in Bihar. The exposure of involvement of these gangs in procuring FICN to circulate in parts of UP and the revival of gangs in Nepal to pump FICN printed in Pakistan through porous Indo-Nepal borders has increased worries of the officials.
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June - 7 
The Kolkata Police arrested two persons, identified as Kamalesh Dey and Raja Mondal along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) at Bakhrahat area under Thakurpur Police Station limits on June 7, reports India Blooms. Police seized as many as 19 pieces of fake 100 rupee-note from their possession. L
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The Kolkata Police arrested two persons, identified as Kamalesh Dey and Raja Mondal along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) at Bakhrahat area under Thakurpur Police Station limits on June 7, reports India Blooms. Police seized as many as 19 pieces of fake 100 rupee-note from their possession. Later on June 8, when Police conducted raid at their residence in Kolkata's Entally area, few fake currency printing machines were recovered.
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June - 9 
Special Operation Group (SOG) officials on June 9, arrested a man named Mohammed Saeed Mohammed Ali, 48 hailing from West Bengal, along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 10,000 in Ahmedabad, reports The Times of India. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) SOG BC Solanki said they ha
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Special Operation Group (SOG) officials on June 9, arrested a man named Mohammed Saeed Mohammed Ali, 48 hailing from West Bengal, along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 10,000 in Ahmedabad, reports The Times of India. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) SOG BC Solanki said they had a specific information about the accused with details about the clothes he wore. "The informer had tipped us that the accused would walk through the lane near Bank Of India in Karanj area to Bhadra Plaza to circulate the fake notes in the market," added ACP Solanki. During his interrogation it came to light that one person named Azizul alias Tua alias Bablu of Bharuch had given him the fake currency notes to circulate in the market.
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June - 10 
Investigating a multi-state Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested one of the main suppliers Alamgir Sheikh alias Raju from an undisclosed location of Bihar, The Times of India reports on June 11. The agency was probing a case relating to recovery
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Investigating a multi-state Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested one of the main suppliers Alamgir Sheikh alias Raju from an undisclosed location of Bihar, The Times of India reports on June 11. The agency was probing a case relating to recovery of high quality FICNs of face value of INR 5,94,000 from an accused named Afroz Ansari by the DRI on September 19, 2015 from Bihar. Based on his disclosure, Sunny Kumar alias Kabir Khan resident of Nawada, Bihar and Ishraful Alam resident of Malda District of West Bengal were arrested. During further investigation, Alamgir Sheikh, the kingpin of this racket, was arrested.
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June - 13 
On June 13, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel seized Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 198,000 from Baishnabnagar in Malda District of West Bengal, reports nyooz.com. In 2016, the BSF's South Bengal Frontier seized FICN of face value INR 1,02,20,500 and apprehended seven smugglers.
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On June 13, Border Security Force (BSF) personnel seized Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 198,000 from Baishnabnagar in Malda District of West Bengal, reports nyooz.com. In 2016, the BSF's South Bengal Frontier seized FICN of face value INR 1,02,20,500 and apprehended seven smugglers. "On Monday, troops of the 24Bn BSF, posted at Border Outpost Sasani in the Baishnabnagar police station area, received information of smuggling of FICN from across the Indo-Bangladesh border. He was identified as Sajal Singha (20), a resident of Jamaipara village in Sabdalpur," a senior BSF official said. On searching Singha, the BSF personnel recovered two bundles wrapped in black polythene.
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June - 14 
Vishakhapatnam Task Force (CTF) Police neutralised two fake currency gangs and arrested three persons on June 14 from various parts of the city, reports New Indian Express. Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with a face value of INR 6,78,000 and a country pistol were recovered from them. The arrested
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Vishakhapatnam Task Force (CTF) Police neutralised two fake currency gangs and arrested three persons on June 14 from various parts of the city, reports New Indian Express. Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with a face value of INR 6,78,000 and a country pistol were recovered from them. The arrested have been identified as G Nalamaharaju, and M Chakradhar (44) and Gedela Govinda Rao. Another main accused Nammi Srinu, a friend of Nalamaharaju, is absconding. DCP (Crimes) T Ravi Kumar Murthy said Nalamaharaju was wanted in three murder cases registered at Rangampeta, Rajamahendravaram and Atreyapuram police stations, and he is out on bail now.
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June - 19 
Delhi Police arrested two members of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) gang, identified as Vikas Kumar Sharma alias Laddi and Moti Lal Basak, and seized FICN worth INR 300,000 from their possession on June 19 in Anand Vihar Bus Terminus area of Delhi, reports Hindustan Times. The gang has been allege
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Delhi Police arrested two members of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) gang, identified as Vikas Kumar Sharma alias Laddi and Moti Lal Basak, and seized FICN worth INR 300,000 from their possession on June 19 in Anand Vihar Bus Terminus area of Delhi, reports Hindustan Times. The gang has been allegedly smuggling and circulating FICN allegedly printed in Pakistan. The Police recovered the notes in the denomination of INR 1,000 and INR 500 from them.Police said the notes were smuggled from Pakistan into India via Bangladesh.
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June - 19 
Police in Nabarangpur District neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, and arrested one person, identified as Sadasiva Harijan, from Patraput village on June 19, along with FICN worth INR 72,000, reports New Indian Express. The racket was actively operating in Tentulikhunti, Chandahan
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Police in Nabarangpur District neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, and arrested one person, identified as Sadasiva Harijan, from Patraput village on June 19, along with FICN worth INR 72,000, reports New Indian Express. The racket was actively operating in Tentulikhunti, Chandahandi, Umkerkote and Dabugam blocks of the District. Members of the fake currency racket from Chhattisgarh were smuggling the notes to Nabarangpur through cattle traders.As there had been no proper surveillance on the activities of cattle traders in local weekly markets, the fake currency racket was flourishing in the villages. Police have launched a manhunt to nab the other persons involved in running the counterfeit in the areas.
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June - 20 
Damcherra Police arrested two persons, identified as Bolera Reang (29) and Habendra Reang (48), along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth of INR 100,000, during a search operation at Gandhitill area in North Tripura District on June 20, reports Tripurainfo.
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Damcherra Police arrested two persons, identified as Bolera Reang (29) and Habendra Reang (48), along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth of INR 100,000, during a search operation at Gandhitill area in North Tripura District on June 20, reports Tripurainfo.
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June - 20 
Police arrested four persons, identified as Sheela Marbaniang, Jaffesron Lakiang, Nirbhay Rabha and Samsul Ali, from Pilankata in Ri-Bhoi District along with a huge amount of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) on June 20, reports The Shillong Times. The arrested persons are suspected to be members of
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Police arrested four persons, identified as Sheela Marbaniang, Jaffesron Lakiang, Nirbhay Rabha and Samsul Ali, from Pilankata in Ri-Bhoi District along with a huge amount of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) on June 20, reports The Shillong Times. The arrested persons are suspected to be members of a fake currency racket.
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June - 22 
A Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case with a Chinese connection has been established by investigation agencies in Kerala, New Indian Express reports on June 23. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) which interrogated the accused in the counterfeits seizure from Dharmadam, Kannur, recently foun
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A Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case with a Chinese connection has been established by investigation agencies in Kerala, New Indian Express reports on June 23. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) which interrogated the accused in the counterfeits seizure from Dharmadam, Kannur, recently found that FICN was sourced by a Pakistani national residing in China. The inflow of FICN have increased double fold in the past few years as seizure of notes having face value of INR 34,55,000 were recovered in 2015 compared to INR 7,51,000 in 2014. In the first three months of 2016, there were 11 FICN seizure cases were registered in Kerala. NIA is currently probing eight fake currency seizure cases reported in Kerala. NIA has unraveled Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and D-company link in some of the cases here earlier.
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June - 22 
Police on June 22 arrested a woman, identified as Daya along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 5,000, reports tribuneindia.com. According to Police sources, Daya, wife of Himanto who hails from West Bengal, visited a shop near Sat Narayan Mandir in the upper market of Kalka in Panchkul
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Police on June 22 arrested a woman, identified as Daya along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 5,000, reports tribuneindia.com. According to Police sources, Daya, wife of Himanto who hails from West Bengal, visited a shop near Sat Narayan Mandir in the upper market of Kalka in Panchkula District of Haryana to buy some articles. She gave a currency note of INR 1,000 to the shopkeeper for the articles. However, the shopkeeper suspected that the note was fake and immediately called up the Police.Cops reached there and nabbed the accused. Five fake currency notes of INR 1,000 were recovered from the accused. A case has been registered against her, added Police sources.
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June - 24 
The recent arrest of four persons by the City Task Force (CTF), in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh for trying to smuggle and distribute Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), has become a worrying factor for the city Police, The Hindu reports on June 25. According to sources in the department, senior Pol
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The recent arrest of four persons by the City Task Force (CTF), in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh for trying to smuggle and distribute Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), has become a worrying factor for the city Police, The Hindu reports on June 25. According to sources in the department, senior Police officers are contemplating asking Intelligence Bureau (IB) or CBI or the Terror Funding and Fake Currency Cell at the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate the case, as the source of procuring the FICN is beyond the boundaries of the State.More importantly, sources said the FICN seized was not like the earlier ones and had a clear signature of Pakistan’s ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence). “The fake currency rackets that we had busted earlier were mostly cheating cases or the FICN seized were not very close to the original notes and were mostly printed domestically. But in this case, the FICN seized complied close to 90 per cent of the security parameters of the original ones. Such notes have international connections,” said a senior Police officer.The CTF seized FICN of face value of INR 6,78,000 from the four accused, and according to a senior officer from the State’s Intelligence Department such notes make way into the country from Pakistan via Gulf and the South-East Asian countries.
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June - 29 
The Border Security Force (BSF) on June 29 arrested a youth, identified as Sheikh Morjem and seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of the face value of INR 1,00,000 from him at New Farakka railway station in Murshidabad District in West Bengal, reports Business Standard. The BSF so far in the yea
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The Border Security Force (BSF) on June 29 arrested a youth, identified as Sheikh Morjem and seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of the face value of INR 1,00,000 from him at New Farakka railway station in Murshidabad District in West Bengal, reports Business Standard. The BSF so far in the year has seized FICN of the face value exceeding INR 1 crore and apprehended 9 smugglers from across its South Bengal frontier zone.
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July - 1 
East Khasi Hills Police arrested three persons, two of them women, and seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN) valued at INR 143,000 in East Khasi Hills District on July 1, reports The Telegraph. The seizure was made after a Police team carried out checks on some suspicious vehicles on getting info
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East Khasi Hills Police arrested three persons, two of them women, and seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN) valued at INR 143,000 in East Khasi Hills District on July 1, reports The Telegraph. The seizure was made after a Police team carried out checks on some suspicious vehicles on getting information that fake currency notes were being circulated in Shillong. A press release issued by East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police (SP) M. Kharkrang said a car was intercepted at Lad Smit on National Highway 44 and FICN amounting to INR 143,500 were found inside the vehicle. The arrested persons were identified as Chemi Phawa (26), of Myntdu village in West Jaintia Hills, Teimon Chyrmang (40), of Jalaphet and Lorisloma Siangshai (37), of Wapung Skur, both in the East Jaintia Hills.
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July - 1 
The Delhi Police’s Special Cell recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth of INR 10.25 lakh and arrested four members of an international FICN racket from Wazirpur in North-West Delhi, reports The Hindu on July 2. The FICN were reportedly manufactured in Pakistan and smuggled into Ind
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The Delhi Police’s Special Cell recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth of INR 10.25 lakh and arrested four members of an international FICN racket from Wazirpur in North-West Delhi, reports The Hindu on July 2. The FICN were reportedly manufactured in Pakistan and smuggled into India via the porous India-Bangladesh border. The Special Cell, which had received a tip-off, had kept the gang under secret surveillance since the last four months. “Sources were deployed to gather more information. During surveillance, it was revealed that the fake currency was being pumped into India by Pakistan through Bangladesh,” said Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Special Cell).
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July - 3 
The Hynniewtrep A'chik National Movement (HANM) on July 3, lauded the Shillong Police for their effort in apprehending those people involved in circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in the State, reports The Sentinel. “This has been achieved due to the diligent efforts of the polic
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The Hynniewtrep A'chik National Movement (HANM) on July 3, lauded the Shillong Police for their effort in apprehending those people involved in circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in the State, reports The Sentinel. “This has been achieved due to the diligent efforts of the police department which is working hard to thwart bad intentions of some people to circulate fake currency notes in the State,” Lamphrangsngi Kharbani, president, HANM said.
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July - 7 
Three smugglersof an inter-state gang are arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 2,00,000 at the local bus stand under Town Police Station area in Kishanganj District in Bihar on July 7, reports news.webindia123.com. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Deputy Commandant of 12th battali
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Three smugglersof an inter-state gang are arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 2,00,000 at the local bus stand under Town Police Station area in Kishanganj District in Bihar on July 7, reports news.webindia123.com. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Deputy Commandant of 12th battalion Kumar Sundaram said that acting on a tip-off, SSB sleuths and local Police arrested three members of an inter-state gang of fake currency peddlers and recovered counterfeit currency notes. The nabbed smugglers, identified as Ashish Biswas, Mukhtar Alam and Ansar Ali are residents of Karan Digha Police Station area in West Bengal`s Uttar Dinajpur District. An intensive interrogation of the nabbed smuggles is on.
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July - 7 
Two persons, identified as Vikas Kumar Kashyap and Rohit Kumar Saxena were arrested at Adarsh Mohalla in Maujpur in Delhi along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting to INR 2,00,000 routed through Malda District in West Bengal, India Today reports on July 8. During the interrogation, accus
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Two persons, identified as Vikas Kumar Kashyap and Rohit Kumar Saxena were arrested at Adarsh Mohalla in Maujpur in Delhi along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting to INR 2,00,000 routed through Malda District in West Bengal, India Today reports on July 8. During the interrogation, accused Vikas revealed that while he was in jail in connection with an auto-lifting case in 2015, he came across Prem Chand from Motihari in Bihar, who in turn was arrested in an FICN case. After his release from jail, Kashyap began working in a factory. However, due to financial crisis, he met Prem Chand who introduced him to the mastermind of this syndicate, Mohammad Zafar and Mohammad Abutala aka Mehmood residing in Malda.
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July - 15 
Dhula Police arrested two members of an interstate Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, identified as Rasul Ali (52) and Wazed Ali (26) during search operation in the house one Abu Taher of Galandi Habi village under Daipam police outpost of the Darrang District on July 15, reports The Sentinel.
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Dhula Police arrested two members of an interstate Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, identified as Rasul Ali (52) and Wazed Ali (26) during search operation in the house one Abu Taher of Galandi Habi village under Daipam police outpost of the Darrang District on July 15, reports The Sentinel. The Police recovered FICNs amounting INR 5500 in the denomination of INR 1000 and INR 500, from their possession. The arrested persons confessed before Police that they along with their accomplices in Karnataka, Kerala, Malda in West Bengal etc used to spread huge quantity of fake currency in Darrang and adjoining Udalguri District. Further investigations are on to nab absconding house owner Abu Taher and other identified members of the notorious racket.
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July - 17 
The Hyderabad East Zone Task Force officials on July 17 arrested a person, identified as K Kishan along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting to INR 1,10,000 from an undisclosed location, reports New Indian Express. While the other two accused Shankar Naik and Ghousuddin are still abscondi
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The Hyderabad East Zone Task Force officials on July 17 arrested a person, identified as K Kishan along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting to INR 1,10,000 from an undisclosed location, reports New Indian Express. While the other two accused Shankar Naik and Ghousuddin are still absconding. One of Kishan's relatives Shankar got acquainted with a person, Ghousuddin from West Bengal, who was circulating FICN.
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July - 19 
Police arrested a man, identified as Shahajmal Nurshad Shaikh hailing from West Bengal for allegedly trying to circulate Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in Pune by dropping them in the cash depositing machine of Axis Bank at Sinhagad Road, reports Pune Mirror on July 20. According to the Police, S
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Police arrested a man, identified as Shahajmal Nurshad Shaikh hailing from West Bengal for allegedly trying to circulate Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in Pune by dropping them in the cash depositing machine of Axis Bank at Sinhagad Road, reports Pune Mirror on July 20. According to the Police, Shaikh had got these notes from a Mumbai-based trader and now the team is trying to track him down, too. He was arrested following a complaint lodged by Arati Erande, a senior manager of Axis Bank, where Shaikh had tried depositing the fake notes. During interrogation, Shaikh told us that he had received the notes from a Mumbai-based trader.
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July - 20 
Kerala has become a breeding base of many hardcore terrorists operating in international arena, the most wanted among the Islamic terror operatives from the state is Mohammed Sabir aliasK.P. Sabir alias Ayub, who now controls the terror-linked Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) cartel operating from P
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Kerala has become a breeding base of many hardcore terrorists operating in international arena, the most wanted among the Islamic terror operatives from the state is Mohammed Sabir aliasK.P. Sabir alias Ayub, who now controls the terror-linked Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) cartel operating from Peshawar in Pakistan, Deccan Chronicle reports on July 21. Once they are caught on the radar of intelligence agencies, they shift their operations to other countries, including Bangladesh, Dubai, Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to sources.A native of Kannur, Sabir was one of the conspirators in the plot to murder former Chief Minister E.K. Nayanar. His links with the international terror cartel was exposed after the Bangalore serial blasts in 2008. He escaped to Pakistan befooling the intelligence agencies on a fake passport. Sabir, former president of the now banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), has been operating from Pakistan since then. The scaled up vigil against terror modules in Gulf countries in recent times resulted in an exodus of such personalities to Pakistan which is a haven for anti- India terror modules.In April, the UAE deported K.A. Anoop, an alleged associate of Sabir. A perusal of his mobile calls from Dubai revealed that Sabir was in close contact with Anoop. Though Sabir had made an attempt to take his wife from Kannur to Pakistan using a fake passport, the attempt was thwarted by security agencies, according to sources. Another two Indian Mujahideen (IM) operatives wanted in terror -linked cases in the state-- Shoaib from Kannur and Shuhaib from Parappanangadi--who were operating from Gulf countries earlier, are believed to have joined the IS crossing to Syria. Another key player in international terror cartels, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) ‘southern commander’ Thadiyantavide Nazeer aka Ummer Haji, was arrested from Bangladesh in 2008. He was on the run after the attack against the Indian Institute of Space Science (IISC), Bangalore, in 2005. A native of Kannur, Nazeer was living in Bangladesh. He shifted operations out of state after being named along with Sabir in hatching a conspiracy to kill Nayanar in 1999.Another suspected LeT ‘commandant’ Ibrahim Moulavi aka Usthad hailing from Vellamunda in Wayanad was arrested by security agencies earlier from Karnataka. Trained in Pakistan, he had allegedly played a key role in recruiting youth from the state for jihad in Kashmir leading to the killing of four youths from the state in Kupwara in Kashmir in an encounter with security agencies in 2008.
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July - 22 
Gujarat Police officials said agencies such as the State Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS), Special Operations Group (SOG) and district and city Police agencies have lodged 85 offences in December 2015 and the first six months of 2016, where Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 5.3 crore were seize
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Gujarat Police officials said agencies such as the State Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS), Special Operations Group (SOG) and district and city Police agencies have lodged 85 offences in December 2015 and the first six months of 2016, where Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 5.3 crore were seized, The Times of India reports on July 23. In last three months alone, Ahmedabad Police registered five cases involving FICN, where each case worth over INR 10,000 in face value. As the security agencies see FICN cases as closely associated with instances of terrorism and anti-social activities, the recent figures show that Gujarat ranks among top five states, reporting the biggest seizures of FICN.A senior official said that compared to INR 1 crore in 2012, the amount has increased five times in 2016. Moreover, earlier consignments were smaller - while 133 persons were caught for the INR 1 crore haul, now 167 were caught for INR 5.3 crore. "Investigation of these cases reveal that most of these notes come from West Bengal with illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. The town of Malda is particularly identified as a smuggling point. While traditional routes also involve Nepal and by sea, the porous India-Bangladesh border is exploited where many immigrants buy notes for cheap or bring them for sale in India," said an investigator.
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July - 27 
Illicit poppy cultivation in the border districts of West Bengal and smuggling of the contraband across the border to Bangladesh and elsewhere are worrying intelligence authorities because it has turned out to be among the principal sources of funds for terror outfits like the Jama'atul Mujahide
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Illicit poppy cultivation in the border districts of West Bengal and smuggling of the contraband across the border to Bangladesh and elsewhere are worrying intelligence authorities because it has turned out to be among the principal sources of funds for terror outfits like the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Indian Express reports on July 28. CID sources stated that the strategic position of these districts facilitated rise in illegal cultivation of poppy, which “has become a major fund generating business drawing several hundreds of youths into it”. Apart from Malda District’s Ratua, Kaliachak and Baishnabnagar, poppy is also allegedly secretly grown at Nowada and Beldanga in Murshidabad District besides Dubrajpur, Ilambazar and Kankartala in Birbhum District.Such cultivation was also found in Patrasayar, Indas, Onda and Barjora in Bankura District and Ketugram, Mangolkote, Kaksa, Purbasthali, Katwa, Galsi and Laodaha in Bardhaman District, the sources said. “Much evidence is there that the money earned from this cultivation goes to the terror groups through different channels including hawala(illegal money transaction). The money might have also gone to suspected ISIS [IS] agents through JMB,” the source said.“A large number of locals, mainly youth, are involved in cultivating it mostly in areas which are not frequented by locals,” the source added. The District administration with the assistance of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), local Police and the BSF had destroyed 4,000 acres of poppy crop last year, whereas around 1,000 acres have been destroyed this year so far, police sources said. According to a NCB report compiled in 2011-2012, the agency had destroyed poppy crops cultivated in around 714 acres of land in the state, out of which 711 acres lay in the Malda District while the other three were in Hooghly and Bardhaman districts. “It must be mentioned that the illicit cultivation of poppy is spread over Malda’s Kaliachak and Baishnabnagar and these are the areas where the fake Indian currency notes (FICN) cartels are also tracked,” he said, adding that in the last couple of years several raids and arrests had been made in Kaliachak.“On smuggling drugs across the border to Bangladesh one receives fake currency in return… It’s actually over the years that Malda has become a major transit of FICN,” he said citing a National Investigation Agency (NIA) 2012 report.
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July - 28 
Speaking in Goa's Legislative Assembly, Cumbarjua Congress Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Pandurang Madkaikar said that Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) was being circulated into the country from neighbouring countries through the four offshore casinos in the state, The Times of India repo
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Speaking in Goa's Legislative Assembly, Cumbarjua Congress Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Pandurang Madkaikar said that Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) was being circulated into the country from neighbouring countries through the four offshore casinos in the state, The Times of India reports on July 28. "A lot of fake currency is printed in Nepal, Bangladesh and neighboring countries and I have a fear that a lot of fake currency is being channeled through casinos. We need to have control over them," Madkaikar said.
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July - 28 
The Border Security Force (BSF) in Meghalaya unearthed a nexus between cattle smugglers and Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racketeers following the arrest of one Bangladeshi national on July 28, reports The Telegraph. On July 28, a special patrol of the BSF, deployed at Maheshkhola in South Garo
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The Border Security Force (BSF) in Meghalaya unearthed a nexus between cattle smugglers and Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racketeers following the arrest of one Bangladeshi national on July 28, reports
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. On July 28, a special patrol of the BSF, deployed at Maheshkhola in South Garo Hills District, arrested Kamrul Islam, hailing from Sunamganj District in Bangladesh. Among others, the BSF troops recoveredFICN amounting to INR 27,000 from Islam who was allegedly illegally entering India from Bangladesh by taking full advantage of the unfenced border. "Islam revealed that he had been involved in smuggling of liquor and forest produce from India to Bangladesh earlier. Subsequently, he came in contact with some Bangladeshi criminals who were involved in smuggling of cattle and fake notes. He was lured by them for getting more profit and money. So he started cattle and currency smuggling," a BSF official said. "Fake Indian currency notes and cattle smuggling are closely linked as these notes are being used for making payments for the items smuggled from India to Bangladesh. Unfortunately, Bangladeshi cattle smugglers are being used as couriers of fake notes into India," the official said.
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August - 1 
Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs)with face value of a staggering amount of INR 400 crore are in circulation across the country, a government-mandated study has found, Times of India reports on August 2. "As per the study, the face value of FICN in circulation was found to be about Rs 400
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Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs)with face value of a staggering amount of INR 400 crore are in circulation across the country, a government-mandated study has found, Times of India reports on August 2. "As per the study, the face value of FICN in circulation was found to be about Rs 400 crore. It was found, the value remained constant for the last four years," Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said in a written reply to a Rajya Sabha (Upper House of Parliament) question. To check the menace of counterfeiting of banknotes, the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Home Affairs, Reserve Bank, security and intelligence agencies of the Centre and states are working in tandem to thwart the illegal activities related to FICN, Meghwal said. "An FICN Coordination Group (FCORD) has been formed in the Ministry of Home Affairs to share the intelligence amongst different security agencies of states/Centre to counter the menace of agencies to effect more seizures," he added.The study on FICN issues, including estimation of FICN in circulation, was conducted by Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata under the overall supervision of NIA (National Investigation Agency).
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August - 4 
Four hardcore militants of the A’chik Songna An’pachakgipa Kotok (ASAK), known for their involvement in series of abductions, extortions, dealing with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and cross border crimes along with Bangladeshi criminals, on August 4, surrendered before the South Gar
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Four hardcore militants of the A’chik Songna An’pachakgipa Kotok (ASAK), known for their involvement in series of abductions, extortions, dealing with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and cross border crimes along with Bangladeshi criminals, on August 4, surrendered before the South Garo Hills Superintendent of Police (SP) Anand Mishra, reports The Sentinel. The group of four, headed by Miksong alias Sengchang N Sangma, was allegedly involved in the abduction of a truck driver, identified as Bitu Patel, on July 29 last. The truck driver was however rescued by the Police at Tengkigre under Chokpot Police Station on August 1 and three other cadres involved in the abduction were arrested. The surrendered ASAK cadres laid down their weapons in the presence of Church leaders and eminent persons and agreed to face trial. “They have accepted that they were responsible for a series of kidnappings in the areas, extortions, dealing with FICN, cross border crimes with Bangladeshi criminals the members of the ASAK group led by the self-styled Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) Reading Sangma,” stated Mishra. The other three cadres who laid down arms identified as Babu Jan K Sangma, Akbar G Mominand and Grikseng Ch Marak. They deposited one Carbine, three Smooth Bore Breech Loading (SBBL) guns, some ammunition and three walkie talkies.
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August - 5 
Acting on a tip-off, joint teams of Intelligence unit, Special Operation Group (SOG) and local Almora Police have arrested three persons and recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 200,000 from their possession in Almora District on August 5, reports The Pioneer. The accused have been
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Acting on a tip-off, joint teams of Intelligence unit, Special Operation Group (SOG) and local Almora Police have arrested three persons and recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 200,000 from their possession in Almora District on August 5, reports The Pioneer. The accused have been identified as Balmiki Choudhary, native of Malda (West Bengal) alias Lalan Bukan, Gariba Mahto, native of Sahebganj (Jharkhand) and Samar Kumar Mandal alias Saumur, native of Katihar (Bihar). Things followed after a shop owner Omnath Arya, resident of Dwarhat (Almora), registered a complaint at Police Station on August 3. Acting on the complaint, a team led by Darban Singh was formed and arrested three persons and recovered INR 2000,000 in FICN and INR 105,000 in Indian currency note from their possession. Interrogation revealed that the accused had used FICN in various places like Tanakpur, Khatima, Kichha, Haldwani, Bhawali and Ranikhet.
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August - 6 
A special team of Police raided the house of Alim Sheikh in Kaliachak area of Malda District on August 6, and seized two improvised firearms (one 9 am and another 7 mm) along with four live ammunitions two each for those firearms, reports echoofindia.com. Arnab Ghosh, the Superintendent of Police (S
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A special team of Police raided the house of Alim Sheikh in Kaliachak area of Malda District on August 6, and seized two improvised firearms (one 9 am and another 7 mm) along with four live ammunitions two each for those firearms, reports echoofindia.com. Arnab Ghosh, the Superintendent of Police (SP) sais that Sheikh was earlier arrested on August 5, along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) amounting INR 91,000. “He has multiple criminal records and he would further be grilled,” Ghosh said.The SP, Malda also said that a special team was constituted two weeks back with an eye to curbing the crimes in Kaliachak. “Although raids are being constituted across the district, the emphasis is especially on different areas under Kaliachak police station. In last three weeks district police have executed 750 non-bailable warrants and another 750 persons with cognizable crime records were booked too. 13 firearms and 33 ammunitions were seized also,” he said.“We are dominating Kaliachak in two ways. Firstly, the police personnel posted in Kaliachak are acting to reduce crimes. Additionally, from other police stations of the district we have deputed those police officials to Kaliachak who have the thorough knowledge about the topography of Kaliachak. They would identify the crime prone zones in Kaliachak easily,” the SP said.
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August - 7 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested one person, identified as Rubel Mia (25), wanted for involvement in a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) supply ring operated from Bangladesh, from his residence in Malda District of West Bengal, reports The Times of India on August 8. Later, an
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested one person, identified as Rubel Mia (25), wanted for involvement in a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) supply ring operated from Bangladesh, from his residence in Malda District of West Bengal, reports The Times of India on August 8. Later, an NIA Special Court sent him to 6day Police remand. Sources said, Rubel was the main courier for bringing counterfeit notes across the IndoBangladesh border and supplying it to dealers in West Bengal. The FICN would then reach other states.While NIA has already arrested six persons in the case, Rubel and three others, Prashanto Mondal, Ashok Gupta and Anarul were absconding. A reward of INR 25000 each was announced on them last month. NIA sources say that the fake currency notes originated in Pakistan, with the main conspirators based there.
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August - 17 
Police on August 17, arrested one Amarjit Sahani hhailing from Bihar's Begusarai District from Doilipur village in Jajpur District of Odisha for his alleged involvement in an inter-state Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, reports The Times of India. He had been running a fast food stall at
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Police on August 17, arrested one Amarjit Sahani hhailing from Bihar's Begusarai District from Doilipur village in Jajpur District of Odisha for his alleged involvement in an inter-state Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, reports The Times of India. He had been running a fast food stall at Dolipur since the last four years. "The arrested man was declared absconder by court in several cases in Bihar. He will be handed over to Bihar police soon," said SP (Jajpur) Anoop Kumar Sahoo. In the last five years, Police have unearthed FICN rackets at 10 places in Kendrapada, Jajpur and Jagatasinghpur Districts, but failed to check circulation of counterfeit currency notes. Police said the racketeers have their roots in West Bengal, Bihar and North-eastern states.
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August - 23 
Two persons, identified as Abdul Karim Khan and Babul Sheikh were arrested and Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with the face value of INR 3,80,000 were recovered from them by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from Kaliachak area of Malda District on August 23, reports Press Trust of India. Arr
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Two persons, identified as Abdul Karim Khan and Babul Sheikh were arrested and Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with the face value of INR 3,80,000 were recovered from them by Border Security Force (BSF) personnel from Kaliachak area of Malda District on August 23, reports Press Trust of India. Arrested persons were later handed over to the Police, the BSF said. "On August 23, information was received by BSF regarding smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) near the border outpost at Gulabganj. The BSF along with local police launched a special operation in the area near GBS High Madrasa at Baburbana under Kaliachak police station area, Malda," the press statement said. Two suspects were coming from Gulabganj to Kaliachak on a motorcycle when they were challenged by the operation party.
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August - 28 
The Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel arrested a person, Gopal Rao along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 2,00,000 at Mughalsarai railway station in Chandauli District of Uttar Pradesh on August 28, reports The Times of India. According to GRP Inspector Tripurari Pandey, durin
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The Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel arrested a person, Gopal Rao along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 2,00,000 at Mughalsarai railway station in Chandauli District of Uttar Pradesh on August 28, reports The Times of India. According to GRP Inspector Tripurari Pandey, during a checking drive a suspicious looking man was caught at platform number 3/4. When checked the GRP found a pack of fake notes INR 1000 denomination and two packs of INR 500 denomination. He is a member of smugglers involved in circulating fake currencies in the country.
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September - 7 September - 8
Chirang Police foiled an attempt by I.K. Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS) militants and their sympathisers to remit money obtained through extortion to their camps in Myanmar and arrested five persons in connection with this case, reports The Telegraphon Sept
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Chirang Police foiled an attempt by I.K. Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-IKS) militants and their sympathisers to remit money obtained through extortion to their camps in Myanmar and arrested five persons in connection with this case, reports The Telegraphon September 8. Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Chirang, Tabu Ram Pegu, said the accused had planned to transfer INR 40,000 to a bank account in Nagaland and from there human couriers would have been used to ship the money to the outfit's camps in the forests of Myanmar. "They tried to transfer the money from the Basugaon branch of the State Bank of India (SBI) yesterday (September 7) but could not do so because of link failure at the bank. They would have tried it again today but before that we arrested them and seized the money," he said. "The cash seized from them was part of Rs 60,000 that they had extorted from one Kumar Basumatary, a timber smuggler from the Khungring area of Chirang District, some days ago," ASP said.The series of arrests began with 22-year-old NDFB-IKS cadre Daukha Narzary alias Dopthai. He was arrested from the Sundari area under Sidli Police Station of Chirang District on September 7 evening during an operation launched on the basis of a tip-off. Narzary belongs to the 40th batch of NDFB-IKS cadres and was trained in Myanmar. Based on his confession, two linkmen, identified as Kwmtha Basumatary and Swrangsar Basumatary were arrested from Rangsaidam under Basugaon Police Station in Chirang District on September 7 night and INR 40,000 was recovered from them. "Further questioning of the accused persons revealed names of their other accomplices and multiple raids were conducted and two more linkmen of the outfit, Bhim Basumatary and Jwngdao Basumatary were apprehend from Kashikotra under Sidli Police Station around 1.30pm today (September 8)," the ASP said.According to Security Forces (SFs), the NDFB-IKS has stepped up its extortion drive in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) and adjoining areas though their cadres and linkmen as the outfit has been going through a major financial crunch. The militant group is using linkmen and sympathisers, mostly local youths belonging to poor families including girls, to carry out extortions. A Police source said the NDFB-IKS is using bank accounts of some persons in Nagaland to route extortion money to their Myanmar camps. "Certain percentage of the money is given to the bank account holder as commission," the source said. In order to avoid detection by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the funds are transferred in small amounts not exceeding INR one lakh.
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September - 10 
The Border Security Force (BSF) arrested two persons, identified as Subroto Mondal and Palash Mondal for their alleged involvement in the smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in Farakka area in the Malda District on September 10, reports India Today. FICN amounting INR 1,37,000 was recover
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The Border Security Force (BSF) arrested two persons, identified as Subroto Mondal and Palash Mondal for their alleged involvement in the smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in Farakka area in the Malda District on September 10, reports India Today. FICN amounting INR 1,37,000 was recovered from them. Acting on a tip off, a joint operation was conducted by the troops of Sector Headquarters BSF Malda, 24 Battalion BSF and Police personnel from Baishnabnagar Police Station at Farakka PTS More (Township More) in the Malda District, a statement released by the BSF said.Both are residents of Khutipara area of Churiantpur, a village on the international border with Bangladesh in Malda District. The BSF, South Bengal Frontier, so far in 2016, seized FICN with a face value of INR 1,15,31,000 and arrested 13 smugglers.
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September - 11 
Police busted a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket and arrested six persons, identified as Manirul Ansari, Md. Ishmail Ali, Monosh Gogoi, Firoz Khan, Raju Lama, and Hamidul Ali during a surprise raid at Rangsakona in 15 Mer under Byrnihat Police Outpost in Ri Bhoi District on September 11, rep
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Police busted a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket and arrested six persons, identified as Manirul Ansari, Md. Ishmail Ali, Monosh Gogoi, Firoz Khan, Raju Lama, and Hamidul Ali during a surprise raid at Rangsakona in 15 Mer under Byrnihat Police Outpost in Ri Bhoi District on September 11, reports The Shillong Times. Police recovered 57 fake notes of INR 500 denomination, a bundle of sealed carbon paper showing INR 1000, 59 bundles of plain papers cut to the size of INR1000 notes, 25 fake carbon notes of INR 1000 denomination, 2 bundles of white paper and one trolley box. Police also recovered three vehicles in the possession of the accused.
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September - 18 
The Nalgonda Police neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and arrested a six- member gang on September 18, reports Deccan Chronicle. Police also seized FICN worth INR 1,50,000 and fake certificates of a Karnataka University. The suspects were R. Srinivas, the main accused, K. Vijay,
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The Nalgonda Police neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and arrested a six- member gang on September 18, reports Deccan Chronicle. Police also seized FICN worth INR 1,50,000 and fake certificates of a Karnataka University. The suspects were R. Srinivas, the main accused, K. Vijay, M. Varaprasad, T. Prabhakar, G. Ramakrishna and Narsimhulu. Based on clues, Police arrested Srinivas and his other associates from Warangal District and seized 100 fake notes, laptops, colour printers, photo copiers and fake certificates of a university in Karnataka. Another member of the gang, Akbar from Hyderabad, is absconding. The arrested persons were remanded. Counterfeiting gangs have been printing currency notes and distributing them all over India.
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September - 22 
A Delhi court on December 22 awarded five years' rigorous imprisonment to two men, including a resident of Nepal, for circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), saying that the act was carried out "to deter and harm the economy of India", reports Business Standard. Additional sessi
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A Delhi court on December 22 awarded five years' rigorous imprisonment to two men, including a resident of Nepal, for circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), saying that the act was carried out "to deter and harm the economy of India", reports Business Standard. Additional sessions judge (National Investigation Agency [NIA] cases) Rakesh Pandit handed over the punishment to the convicts, Bihar resident Ekramul Ansari and Nepal resident Sharda Shankar Mahato, under various sections of the stringent Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act (UAPA) and Indian Penal Code (IPC), after noting that they had pleaded their guilt.
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September - 27 
The Border Security Forces (BSF) seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) valued at around INR 5,00,000 from a border outpost in Malda District while it was being smuggled from Bangladesh to India on September 27, reports Business Standard. The BSF received an information regarding smuggling of FICN
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The Border Security Forces (BSF) seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) valued at around INR 5,00,000 from a border outpost in Malda District while it was being smuggled from Bangladesh to India on September 27, reports Business Standard. The BSF received an information regarding smuggling of FICN in the area of Border Out Post near Kaliachak, in Malda District. During an ambush operation, the personnel observed suspicious movements on both sides of the Indo-Bangladesh Border fence wherein two persons came near the fence from Bangladesh side and threw a bundle over to the Indian side. Miscreants hidden on the Indian side tried to collect the bundle, but the ambush party challenged them.In a separate incident of smuggling of weapon in the area of Baishnavnagar in Malda District, the BSF laid a trap near the Indo-Bangladesh Border fence where one person came near the fence from Bangladesh side and threw a bundle over to the Indian side. The patrolling party searched the area and recovered one Country Made Pistol along with one magazine wrapped with cloth.
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September - 27 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested one of the top ringleaders of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, at a location in Jessore Road in North 24 Parganas District on September 27 (today), reports New Indian Express. The arrested person, identified as Ashim Kumar Saha, is a native of
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested one of the top ringleaders of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, at a location in Jessore Road in North 24 Parganas District on September 27 (today), reports New Indian Express. The arrested person, identified as Ashim Kumar Saha, is a native of Malda District. The NIA will look into whether the accused has any terror links and his interrogations are likely to reveal whether there are links between fake currency note rackets, operating mainly in Malda and terror modules from across the border.
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October - 1 
Three persons were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in separate incidents in a joint operation by the intelligence wing of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Farakka in Murshidabad District and Kaliachak in Malda District, reports ec
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Three persons were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in separate incidents in a joint operation by the intelligence wing of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Farakka in Murshidabad District and Kaliachak in Malda District, reports echoofindia.com. It has been learnt from sources that those persons were identified as Rasid Sheikh, Taleb Ali and Mohammed Lalchand Sheikh. Acting on a tip off the officials of the ‘G’ wing of BSF and the NIA raided a locality adjacent to Farakka railway station on October 1. Rasid Sheikh and Taleb Ali were arrested from there with FICN amounting 2, 13,000. After interrogating the duo, the special operation team arrested Mohammed Lalchand Sheikh from his house at Hasnabad village of Uttar Laxmipur under Kaliachak Police Station. After intensive interrogation all three of them were handed over to Kaliachak Police.
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October - 2 
Delhi Police arrested one person, identified as Naresh Kumar along with fake coins with a face value of INR 40,000 from Delhi's Rohini area and sealed factory manufacturing fake coins, Indian Express reports on October 3. During questioning, Kumar told Police that two more persons, Sonu and Raju
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Delhi Police arrested one person, identified as Naresh Kumar along with fake coins with a face value of INR 40,000 from Delhi's Rohini area and sealed factory manufacturing fake coins, Indian Express reports on October 3. During questioning, Kumar told Police that two more persons, Sonu and Raju, were running a factory in Bawana Industrial area, where they minted the counterfeit coins. He also claimed that the manager of the factory, Rajesh Kumar, was involved in the racket as well, said Police. Police said Kumar had opened a car accessories shop at Charkhi in Dadri (Uttar Pradesh).
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October - 2 
Police on October 2 arrested two men along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of Rs 2,47,000 in a local market in Dharampura, Greater Noida of Gautam Buddha Nagar District, reports The Times of India. The accused have been identified as Jabwar Sheikh (28) and Matahar Sheikh (30), residents of Mal
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Police on October 2 arrested two men along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of Rs 2,47,000 in a local market in Dharampura, Greater Noida of Gautam Buddha Nagar District, reports The Times of India. The accused have been identified as Jabwar Sheikh (28) and Matahar Sheikh (30), residents of Malda District in West Bengal. They were arrested while trying to exchange the fake currency from a shopkeeper in Greater Noida. During interrogation, the accused revealed that they are residents of Malda in West Bengal. "They said that they used bring fake currencies from Bangladesh. They exchanged the currencies with unsuspecting people at different places," Police official said.
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October - 3 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has initiated a probe into the seizure of counterfeit coins from a factory in outer Delhi’s Bawana Industrial Area, The Hindu reports on October 4. The agency, according to the Delhi Police, suspects that those involved in the racket could be linked to g
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has initiated a probe into the seizure of counterfeit coins from a factory in outer Delhi’s Bawana Industrial Area, The Hindu reports on October 4. The agency, according to the Delhi Police, suspects that those involved in the racket could be linked to groups based out of India. “Almost all the previous seizures, which have mainly been of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), had currency pumped in from abroad. We believe that the Rs. 40,000 we seized is just the tip of the iceberg. The scale of production could be way higher,” said Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer) Pankaj Singh. He added that since the seized coins with denominations of Rs. 5 and Rs. 10 were identical to the real ones, they would approach the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) asking them for security features for coins.
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October - 3 
The Special Cell of Delhi Police busted an organised syndicate pumping Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) into capital New Delhi, Times of India reports on October 4. FICNs worth INR 300,000 have been seized and two syndicate members were arrested. The arrestees were identified as Neetu alias Radha
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The Special Cell of Delhi Police busted an organised syndicate pumping Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) into capital New Delhi, Times of India reports on October 4. FICNs worth INR 300,000 have been seized and two syndicate members were arrested. The arrestees were identified as Neetu alias Radha (34) from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh; and Salim Sheikh (23) from Malda, West Bengal. "Sheikh was a carrier for a supplier named Nasiruddin. Neetu received the consignments and supplied it locally. Neetu said shopkeepers readily accept such notes due to being almost identical to real currency. She's been doing it for a year now," said DCP (Special Cell) Sanjeev Yadav. Both the arrested individuals said every new security feature introduced in currency notes is copied, and most of the fake currency exchange takes place through the Nepal border. "Fake currency is being pumped into India to cripple the country's economy. Malda has become the epicentre of narcotics and counterfeit currency rackets due to its strategic location close to the international border. The name of Pakistan-based Iqbal Kana pops up in every fake currency racket," the DCP said.According to the report, these notes had been smuggled into India from Pakistan via Bangladesh and Police seized three cellphone handsets with SIM cards. Cops suspect the proceeds of fake currency sales contribute to the proliferation of sophisticated weapons in the country through Bangladesh. They also suspect that these are used to fund terror outfits as well.
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October - 4 
Police on October 4, unearthed an illegal arms manufacturing unit at a house in the Amtala area of Canning in South 24 Parganas District and arrested the owner of the house, Abu Siddiqui, reports PTI. The factory was busted following information revealed by a miscreant identified as Shamsuddin Sarda
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Police on October 4, unearthed an illegal arms manufacturing unit at a house in the Amtala area of Canning in South 24 Parganas District and arrested the owner of the house, Abu Siddiqui, reports PTI. The factory was busted following information revealed by a miscreant identified as Shamsuddin Sardar, who was arrested earlier in the day from the Dharmatala area of Gopalpur in Canning, Police said. Five revolvers, lathe and drill machines, a dice used in manufacturing of one-shotter guns and plenty of revolver-making parts and raw material were seized from the house."Apart from these, fake Indian currency notes [FICN] with face value of INR 20,000 were also seized from Abu Siddiqui...Preliminary investigations have revealed that he used to sell illegal arms in the Sunderbans and in North 24 Parganas district," a senior police officer said.With this, four illegal arms-manufacturing factories have been neutralised by Police at Maheshtala, Baruipur and Canning in South 24 Parganas District. "We are interrogating the factory-owner to ascertain if he had any links with the illegal arms factories at Maheshtala and Baruipur or, if has any contacts with illegal gun-movers and makers in Bihar's Munger," Additional Superintendent of Police (East) Arijit Sinha said.
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October - 8 
Police arrested two persons, identified as San MIyan and Nazir Ali in connection with the circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) at Attareekhat under the Dimakuchi Police Station in Udalguri District recently, reports The Sentinel on October 8. According to reports, the duo tried to hand o
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Police arrested two persons, identified as San MIyan and Nazir Ali in connection with the circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) at Attareekhat under the Dimakuchi Police Station in Udalguri District recently, reports The Sentinel on October 8. According to reports, the duo tried to hand over FICNs amounting to INR 3 lakh to a trader.
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October - 11 
A 26-year-old man from West Bengal, identified as Kariyudullah, was arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting INR 2,46,000 in Alandur, Chennai on October 11, reports Deccan Chronicle. Police believe he could be a part of a network pushing counterfeit notes into circulation in me
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A 26-year-old man from West Bengal, identified as Kariyudullah, was arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting INR 2,46,000 in Alandur, Chennai on October 11, reports Deccan Chronicle. Police believe he could be a part of a network pushing counterfeit notes into circulation in metro cities of India. These notes are printed in Pakistan and smuggled through Bangladesh. It was disclosed that he was staying with his associate Abdul Wahab, also from West Bengal in a hut in Hazarkhana. Though the Police searched the place, they could not trace Abdul Wahab. Kariyudullah said he brought the notes from his native place from an agent on commission base.
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October - 12 
A day after a 26-year-old man from West Bengal, Kariyudullah along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), as reported yesterday, Chennai Police on October 12, arrested his associate, Abdul Wahab, a metro rail worker, and seized FICN with a face value of 2, 80,000, from an undisclosed location, repor
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A day after a 26-year-old man from West Bengal, Kariyudullah along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), as reported yesterday, Chennai Police on October 12, arrested his associate, Abdul Wahab, a metro rail worker, and seized FICN with a face value of 2, 80,000, from an undisclosed location, reports The Times of India. Abdul Wahab, a native of Kolkata, shared a house with the main accused, Kariyudullah. Initial investigations revealed that Kariyudullah got FICN amounting to INR 3,00,0003 from Shreef of Kolkata, an agent who gave the notes on a commission basis.
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October - 12 
Police busted a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket and arrested four persons in this connection at Khaparakhol in Balangir District on October 12,reports The Telegraph. Two printers have been also seized. According to reports, employees of a filling station suspected foul play when the youths
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Police busted a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket and arrested four persons in this connection at Khaparakhol in Balangir District on October 12,reports The Telegraph. Two printers have been also seized. According to reports, employees of a filling station suspected foul play when the youths paid them cash. The officials then overpowered the youths and informed the Police.
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October - 13 
Two persons of an interstate gang were arrested in New Delhi on October 13, for making fake 10 rupee coins in a factory, reports Financial Express. Police recovered fake 800 coins of INR 10, two hydraulic machines, 10 dies and other raw materials used in fake currency manufacturing. Police said Suni
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Two persons of an interstate gang were arrested in New Delhi on October 13, for making fake 10 rupee coins in a factory, reports Financial Express. Police recovered fake 800 coins of INR 10, two hydraulic machines, 10 dies and other raw materials used in fake currency manufacturing. Police said Sunil Kumar and his associate, Sanjay Sharma were arrested following a tip off when they were going to supply fake coins to one of their accomplices at the Kali Mata Mandir on the Outer Ring Road in Rohini area of north Delhi. During interrogation, the duo revealed that they made these coins at a factory in Peeragarhi area with the help of Naresh Kumar who was arrested recently, Police said. “Naresh was a resident of Haryana, installed a factory in Bawana to make counterfeit coins with the help of Sonu. They were dragged into business by Naresh and later installed a factory in Peeragarhi,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav. They used to change their hideouts and descriptions frequently to conceal their identity and to avoid arrest, he said.
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October - 14 
Two persons were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth of INR 2 lakh from the Barpeta road area in Barpeta District on October 14, reports The Times of India. "One of them was identified as Ruleka Khatun. About 400 fake notes of Rs 500 were seized from them," a Police
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Two persons were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth of INR 2 lakh from the Barpeta road area in Barpeta District on October 14, reports The Times of India. "One of them was identified as Ruleka Khatun. About 400 fake notes of Rs 500 were seized from them," a Police officer said. Sources said the two had confessed to procuring the fake notes from an agent in Bihar. They added that the duo had been asked to give the notes to some other agents. "In many cases, FICN racketeers are found to be involved in cattle smuggling and even funding militancy in the region. Investigation will reveal more details," the officer added.Usually, a consignment of FICN worth of INR 1 lakh is smuggled into the state in exchange of INR 60,000 worth of real notes, report said. Thus, when agents supply these notes to the market, they get a flat 40% cut on every lot. The couriers, after acquiring the FICNs from their counterparts in Bangladesh or Pakistan, pump them into Assam. Later, a separate batch of couriers, mostly hired on low payment, circulate them in major towns of the state like Dibrugarh, Tezpur, Bongaigaon and various parts of the Barak Valley. Earlier, Assam Police sources had hinted at the involvement of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) linkmen in FICN rackets in the region. "On several occasions, police have found a nexus between FICN couriers, JMB linkmen and cattle smugglers," a source said.
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October - 15 
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Pathsala Police arrested one person, identified as Jubed Ali along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) amounting to INR 50,000 at Kanduguri in Bajali subdivision of Barpeta District on October 15, reports The Sentinel. Security Forces (SFs) brought him to Pathsala ou
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Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Pathsala Police arrested one person, identified as Jubed Ali along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) amounting to INR 50,000 at Kanduguri in Bajali subdivision of Barpeta District on October 15, reports The Sentinel. Security Forces (SFs) brought him to Pathsala outpost and registered a case against him and took him under Police custody for further investigation.
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October - 16 
West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on October 16, arrested two persons, including an ex-serviceman of Assam Rifles, along with FICN (Fake Indian Currency Notes) worth INR 44000 from Darjeeling More area under Siliguri Police Commissionerate's Pradhan Nagar Police Station limits
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West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on October 16, arrested two persons, including an ex-serviceman of Assam Rifles, along with FICN (Fake Indian Currency Notes) worth INR 44000 from Darjeeling More area under Siliguri Police Commissionerate's Pradhan Nagar Police Station limits in West Bengal, reports indiablooms.com. According to reports, acting on specific source inputs, CID arrested Assam Rifle's ex-serviceman Pradeep Gogoi and his companion Sudhir Sarkar alias Sudhir Mondal and seized huge FICN from their possessions. "Pradeep Gogoi, who is a resident of Dibrugarh in Assam, and West Bengal's Malda district's resident Sudhir Sarkar are the kingpins of a North-East based FICN racket," a senior official of CID mentioned.
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October - 17 
Four persons, identified as Dinesh Meena, Raju Lal Meena, Ashok Meena and Chotey Lal were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) on October 17 in Bassi area of Jaipur District, reports Times of India. Police have seized a coloured printer which was used to make the currency notes of IN
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Four persons, identified as Dinesh Meena, Raju Lal Meena, Ashok Meena and Chotey Lal were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) on October 17 in Bassi area of Jaipur District, reports Times of India. Police have seized a coloured printer which was used to make the currency notes of INR 100. Police have also seized counterfeit currency notes of INR 14,000.According to the Police, some informers gave a tip off that there are a few persons in Bassi who were planning to circulate some fake currency in the market. "After the identity of one of the accused identified as Dinesh Meena he was interrogated. He confessed that he had got the counterfeit currency notes of Rs 100 from one Raju Lal Meena. During then we had seized 16 counterfeit currency notes of Rs 100 from his possession and apprehended Raju Lal," said Kunwar Rastradeep, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East).Police are interrogating the accused to find out how much FICN they have circulated in the market so far. "We have seized 16 counterfeit currency notes of Rs 100 from the possession of Dinesh Meena, 23 from Raju Lal Meena, 48 from Ashok Meena and 33 from Chotey Lal. From Chotey Lal we have also seized one counterfeit currency note of Rs 1000," he added.
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October - 17 
Police have arrested a man, identified as Jamiano, hailing from Bihar for circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in the denominations of 1, 000 at Sevapet near Tiruvallur (Tiruvallur District) on October 17, reports The Times of India. Police are checking if he was part of a racket involved
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Police have arrested a man, identified as Jamiano, hailing from Bihar for circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) in the denominations of 1, 000 at Sevapet near Tiruvallur (Tiruvallur District) on October 17, reports The Times of India. Police are checking if he was part of a racket involved in circulating fake notes in the area. Police said a racket transporting FICN from Pakistan to West Bengal and to other parts of the country is in existence. Possessing or trying to use counterfeit currency is a crime under Section 489C of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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October - 18 
The crime branch of Jaipur Police on October 18, arrested four persons and neutralised a racket involved in circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports The Times of India. Out of four, three are from Malda District of West Bengal. Police also seized FICN amounting INR 2,97,500 from th
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The crime branch of Jaipur Police on October 18, arrested four persons and neutralised a racket involved in circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), reports The Times of India. Out of four, three are from Malda District of West Bengal. Police also seized FICN amounting INR 2,97,500 from them. A team of Jaipur Police is camping in Malda to arrest another member of counterfeit currency notes gang.Commissioner of Police Sanjay Agarwal said, "Our team kept a vigil on a suspect Khemraj (26), a native of Jaipur. Later, it was found that he was talking to two strangers on counterfeit notes. Thus, a team of Amber police first apprehended the threesome and later arrested them". The other two persons were identified as Anarul Sheikh (40) and Aalam Momin (27), both natives of Malda. "A joint team will interrogate the accused to know more about their nexus and will also find out how much counterfeit notes they managed to circulate in the market," the Commissioner added. "During interrogation, the two persons from Malda said that they have received the notes from one Naushad and Quyyum Sheikh, both natives of Malda. Our team is already camping in Malda and have apprehended some persons. We are likely to arrest more persons who were part of this gang," Agarwal said.
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October - 19 
Hyderabad Police neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) smuggling racket on October 19, and arrested three persons from here after seizing fake notes with a face value of INR 9,00,000 smuggled from Dubai, reports allindiaroundup.com.Sleuths of Commissioners Task Force (North Zone) arrested M
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Hyderabad Police neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) smuggling racket on October 19, and arrested three persons from here after seizing fake notes with a face value of INR 9,00,000 smuggled from Dubai, reports allindiaroundup.com.Sleuths of Commissioners Task Force (North Zone) arrested Mohammed Aqeel Marfani, Ghiyas Mohiuddin and Mohammad Taufeeq Ahmed. Marfani is the smuggler of FICN from Dubai while the supplier of counterfeit Indian currency notes Mohammad Yaseen, who is presently staying at Karachi in Pakistan, is absconding, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Commissioner’s Task Force) B Limba Reddy said. “According to their criminal conspiracy, the three accused came near a hotel under Mahankali Police Station limits with the fake notes today when the Task Force team on a tip of information police apprehended them and seized the fake notes in denomination of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes,” Reddy said“The investigation is on to find the other accused, who are involved with the trio in smuggling and trying to circulate the fake notes and we are also investigating their links with some other places,” the senior police officer said.
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October - 20 
A woman, identified as Shanti Bepari hailing from North 24 Parganas District was arrested in English Bazaar Police Station area of Malda District for allegedly peddling Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) amounting INR 1,00,000, echoofindia.com reports on October 21. However, two of her male companion
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A woman, identified as Shanti Bepari hailing from North 24 Parganas District was arrested in English Bazaar Police Station area of Malda District for allegedly peddling Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) amounting INR 1,00,000, echoofindia.com reports on October 21. However, two of her male companions ran away. It has been learnt from sources in the District Police department that 100 fake notes of INR 500 and another 50 fake currencies of INR 1000 were seized from her possession.Police have learnt that the woman and her two male companions went to Kaliachak on October 20, to collect FICN. A senior Police official said, “It is unusual that the woman came from such a distance to peddle FICN. We are trying to gather more information from her about FICN racket.” Arnab Ghosh, the Superintendent of Police said, “A woman with FICN amounting 1 lakh has been nabbed. We are looking into the matter.”
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October - 20 
Two persons, identified as Abdul Matin and Azrul Sheikh were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 50,000 from Farakka in Malda District, reports Business Standard. The two are residents of Malda. According to sources, further investigations are going on.
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Two persons, identified as Abdul Matin and Azrul Sheikh were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 50,000 from Farakka in Malda District, reports Business Standard. The two are residents of Malda. According to sources, further investigations are going on.
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October - 21 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket having a network stretching from West Bengal to Nepal and arrested its kingpin, Munna Singh along with FICN worth INR 90,000 from New Delhi, on October 21, reports Zee News. The NIA is investigating a case
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket having a network stretching from West Bengal to Nepal and arrested its kingpin, Munna Singh along with FICN worth INR 90,000 from New Delhi, on October 21, reports Zee News. The NIA is investigating a case relating to recovery of high quality FICN of face value of nearly INR 6,00,000 from an accused named Afroz Ansari arrested in June this year from Motihari in Bihar. Based on Ansari's disclosures two more accused persons namely Sunny Kumar alias Kabir Khan resident of Nawada, Bihar and Ishraful Alam resident of Malda, West Bengal were arrested in the case, a press release issued by the NIA said. During further investigation, Alomgir Sheikh alias Raju resident of Malda, West Bengal, a prominent supplier of the consignments of FICN was also arrested from Bihar's Bettiah area. The NIA officials have recovered FICN having face value of INR 3,00,000."He disclosed that the consignment was meant for one Munna Singh of Bettiah, Bihar, who after receipt further circulatessupplies the same to his associates in Delhi...He further disclosed that Munna Singh is a prominent racketeer who used to receive consignments of FICN from various sources and has a big network stretching from West Bengal to Nepal to Delhi," the release said.
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October - 22 
Police took a couple identified as Krishna Murthy Govinda Swamy (56) and his wife Manikichari Rukmini (43) into custody at Jawaharlal Nehru bus stand in Vijayawada on October 22, and unearthed Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 5,00,000 of INR 500 and INR 1,000 denominations, reports New Ind
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Police took a couple identified as Krishna Murthy Govinda Swamy (56) and his wife Manikichari Rukmini (43) into custody at Jawaharlal Nehru bus stand in Vijayawada on October 22, and unearthed Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) worth INR 5,00,000 of INR 500 and INR 1,000 denominations, reports New Indian Express.According to Police, the couple was facing financial problems and was attracted to the suggestion from their acquaintance Dubai Babu, who told them to make out easy money by exchanging INR 1,00,000 original currency for INR 5,00,000 fake currency, in return from Razikul Farooq, a fake currency trader in West Bengal. Accordingly, they went to West Bengal for the exchange of currency with Farooq. From there, they reached Vijayawada and were supposed to catch a bus to Bengaluru. During interrogation, Police found that the currency was being printed in Bangladesh and the trading operations were being carried out by a mafia based in West Bengal.
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October - 24 
Intelligence sharing and cooperation among India, China and Sri Lanka led to the arrest of a Pakistani currency smuggler, Faiz Muhammad, along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 2.5 million in China's Guangzhou provincerecently, dnaindia.com reports on October 25. His arrest was th
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Intelligence sharing and cooperation among India, China and Sri Lanka led to the arrest of a Pakistani currency smuggler, Faiz Muhammad, along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 2.5 million in China's Guangzhou provincerecently, dnaindia.com reports on October 25. His arrest was the result of a tip-off by Indian intelligence agencies to their counterparts in Colombo and Beijing. New Delhi sees such cooperation in intelligence sharing with Beijing as providing a major boost to security ties between the two countries, as also a great help in analyzing and evaluating operations of regional and international terror groups.
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October - 26 
The Bihar Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on October 26, arrested two youths, identified as Vikash Mishra and Ravindra Ram along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of INR 2,00,000 from Mithapur bus stand under Jakkanpur Police Station area in Patna, reports The Times of India. The t
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The Bihar Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on October 26, arrested two youths, identified as Vikash Mishra and Ravindra Ram along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of INR 2,00,000 from Mithapur bus stand under Jakkanpur Police Station area in Patna, reports The Times of India. The two are residents of Motihari in East Champaran District."The notes were of 500 denominations. The duo had picked up the consignment from Malda in West Bengal," said an ATS officer on the condition of anonymity. "The arrested youths have revealed during their investigation that the fake notes were smuggled into Indian territory from Bangladesh," according to official sources. The officials said the seized fake notes would be sent to forensic science laboratory to ascertain if currency paper of any neighbouring country was used to print them.
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October - 27 
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of face value of INR 9,45,000 from West Bengal's Malda District on October 27, reports The Hindu. Acting on a tip off, the BSF troopers conducted an ambush operation near border outpost Churiantpur at around 4.30 p.m.
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Border Security Force (BSF) personnel seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of face value of INR 9,45,000 from West Bengal's Malda District on October 27, reports The Hindu. Acting on a tip off, the BSF troopers conducted an ambush operation near border outpost Churiantpur at around 4.30 p.m."During the vigil, suspicious operations were observed on the Bangladesh side of Indo-Bangladesh border and some miscreants from Bangladesh side threw a bundle over the international border to the Indian side," a BSF release said.When challenged by the security personnel, the miscreants on the Indian side fled without collecting the money.The BSF South Bengal Frontier has seized FICN of the face value of INR 1,35,90,500 and apprehended 18 fake note smugglers so far in 2016.
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November - 2 
Counter Intelligence wing in Amritsar arrested one person, identified as Manoj Kumar, resident of Batala, for printing and circulating of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), reports The Times of India. Wing's officials also recovered INR 10,700 FICN from his possession. Giving details, Inspector
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Counter Intelligence wing in Amritsar arrested one person, identified as Manoj Kumar, resident of Batala, for printing and circulating of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), reports The Times of India. Wing's officials also recovered INR 10,700 FICN from his possession. Giving details, Inspector General of Counter Intelligence (Amritsar) MF Farooqui said that following a tip-off, Manoj was coming to Amritsar for supplying a consignment of fake Indian currency notes, the police laid a trap and apprehended him. He said that they had recovered FICN along with a printer. He said that a case under Section 489 AB and C of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) had been registered.
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November - 5 
Delhi Police arrested two persons in connection with a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and recovered FICN worth of INR 3.87 lakh from their possession from near Kalindi Kunj area in New Delhi, reports India Today on November 6. The Police received a tip off regarding two persons involved in
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Delhi Police arrested two persons in connection with a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and recovered FICN worth of INR 3.87 lakh from their possession from near Kalindi Kunj area in New Delhi, reports India Today on November 6. The Police received a tip off regarding two persons involved in a fake currency racket on October 27. The Police were informed that the accused were to come near Kalindi Kunj to trade currency notes. Following the tip off, the Police laid a trap and sent a decoy customer and the duo were later arrested. Interrogations revealed that the accused obtained the FICNs from a person in Uttari Dinjapur in West Bengal who in-turn got it from Bangladesh.
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November - 9 
Police, investigating agencies and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), with a face value of INR 125.18 crore and arrested 3,656 carriers nationwide between 2012 and 2014, according to a report the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) submitted to the Union Minist
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Police, investigating agencies and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), with a face value of INR 125.18 crore and arrested 3,656 carriers nationwide between 2012 and 2014, according to a report the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) submitted to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) in January 2015, reports indiatimes.com. The report showed that Delhi topped the list of fake note seizures by police or recovered by banks. Maharashtra came second. In 2012-13, Maharashtra registered 702 FIRs, arrested 561 carriers and seized counterfeit currency of INR 14.54 crore face value. Tamil Nadu registered the most counterfeit currency cases (735). Delhi seized notes with a face value of INR 40.39 crore, followed by Maharashtra (INR 14.54 crore), UP (INR 11.55 crore), Tamil Nadu (INR 10.83 crore), Karnataka (INR 7.22 crore), Gujarat (INR 7.02 crore) and Andhra Pradesh (INR 6.22 crore), the report stated.The seizure of Rs 1,000 counterfeit notes rose in Maharashtra in 2014 (35,357), which is almost three times more than what was seized in 2012 (12,817 notes). The CBI and NIA are central agencies for investigation of fake currency note cases. The government also constituted a terror funding & fake currency cell (TFFC) in NIA to investigate such cases. As per the UMHA, looking at multidimensional aspects of FICN menace, agencies like RBI, ministries of finance and home affairs, security and intelligence agencies of the Centre and states, and CBI have been working in tandem to thwart illegal activities related to the notes, but there is no reliable estimate of fake notes in India.
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November - 10 
Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on November 10 said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'surgical strike' on black money has given a powerful blow to the people supplying Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and those involved in terror funding, reports PTI. "It is a historic
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Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on November 10 said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'surgical strike' on black money has given a powerful blow to the people supplying Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and those involved in terror funding, reports PTI. "It is a historic step and will break the bones of the terrorist organisations and the people who are funding behind the cartel," Rijiju said. Rijiju also said that the INR 500 and INR 1000 notes will not be idle as they will be returned to the banks and will continue to be the owner's asset.
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November - 13 
There is an eerie calm in Kaliachak in Madla District, infamous for Fale Indian Currency Note (FICN), following the demonetasation of INR 500 and INR 1000 notes, The Times of India reports on November 14. This year, Malda District Police seized INR 1.14 crore in FICN. In the last two years, 180 case
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There is an eerie calm in Kaliachak in Madla District, infamous for Fale Indian Currency Note (FICN), following the demonetasation of INR 500 and INR 1000 notes, The Times of India reports on November 14. This year, Malda District Police seized INR 1.14 crore in FICN. In the last two years, 180 cases of FICN have been lodged at the local police station and 240 people, mainly couriers, arrested. Apart from West Bengal Police, national agencies too are investigating the FICN cases. The Border Security Force-BSF has seized FICN of INR 1.35 crore in last 10 months while INR 2.5 crore in FICN was seized in 2015. Apart from the CBI and the NIA, the Enforcement Directorate is investigating 44 cases of FICN in which money was laundered to foreign countries to fund terror activities in India.Other than smuggling contraband articles, Kaliachak I, II, III and Baishnabnagar blocks are infamous for poppy cultivation. The illegal cultivation across thousands of acres is also funded by counterfeit currencies. Police sources said there have been reports of bank accounts of villagers, opened under Jan-Dhan scheme, given to FICN hoarders on rent. Employees of the Kaliachak branch of a state-run bank were attacked for not accepting big deposits from small farmers and traders. "We are keeping a sharp vigil. We have arrested many in connection with FICN and poppy cultivation rackets. We are trying to control the menace," Jayanta Pal, DIG, Malda range, said when contacted.
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November - 16 
Tarn Taran Police had arrested Sandeep Kumar and Harjinder Singh from Bhikhiwind town on November 16, for printing and circulating fake INR 2,000 currency notes, while one of their accomplice Gurmilap Singh managed to escape, reports The Times of India. Police said the accused felt there was no need
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Tarn Taran Police had arrested Sandeep Kumar and Harjinder Singh from Bhikhiwind town on November 16, for printing and circulating fake INR 2,000 currency notes, while one of their accomplice Gurmilap Singh managed to escape, reports The Times of India. Police said the accused felt there was no need for various security features to be incorporated in the fake notes that have been added in the new Rs 2,000-note, including colour-changing security thread and embossed printing. The three accused knew that there were only a few Rs 2,000 currency notes in circulation in the small town of Bhikhiwind so they could easily fool people, said the Police. Assistant sub-inspector Gurdeep Singh, who is also the investigating officer in the case, said that Sandeep, who runs a photocopy shop, was also a computer operator. Sandeep had a computer, scanner and printer in his shop, which he used for printing five Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of INR 2,000 denomination.
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November - 18 
Government's surprise demonetization of high denomination has hit terror funding in three key theatres of Left wing extremism, the Northeast insurgency, and Pakistan- and PoK based terror outfits by sucking out a sizeable chunk from their parallel economy estimated at almost INR 800 crore, Minis
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Government's surprise demonetization of high denomination has hit terror funding in three key theatres of Left wing extremism, the Northeast insurgency, and Pakistan- and PoK based terror outfits by sucking out a sizeable chunk from their parallel economy estimated at almost INR 800 crore, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju confirmed on November 18, reports dnaindia.com.The Northeast insurgent groups and CPI (Maoist) are the worst hit, and stand to lose out on close to INR 780 crore that they had amassed through extortion of government companies, mining corporate, businesses and private contractors. Pakistan- and PoK-based terror outfits such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and other smaller terror groups may also take a hit of close to INR 20 crore, intelligence agencies had also claimed.Rijiju said the terror financing has got a decisive blow since November 8. Rijiju added demonetization has wiped out the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) network, estimated to be worth INR 400 crore. “Since November 8, not a single instance of FICN smuggling has been reported from Pakistan, Nepal or Bangladesh border,” he said.
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November - 18 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA)arrested a man, identified as Tahir Sheikh from West Bengal’s Malda District for his alleged involvement in a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket on November 18, reports Indian Express. Officials said that Tahir Sheikh had been on the run since allege
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA)arrested a man, identified as Tahir Sheikh from West Bengal’s Malda District for his alleged involvement in a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket on November 18, reports Indian Express. Officials said that Tahir Sheikh had been on the run since allegedly procuring fake currency worth about INR 65,00,000, which was channeled through the India-Bangladesh border at Malda’s Daulatpur in May, 2015. "Earlier, investigation into the case revealed that the arrested accused person was a member of the FICN involved in the transnational procurement of high quality FICNs through smuggling and distribution and pumping the same into the Indian economy,” according to officials. A Kolkata court had issued a non-bailable warrant against Sheikh, who has been sent in Police remand till November 20, 2016.
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November - 22 
A person, identified as Madhusudan Meher was arrested in Sunarimunda of Kandhamal District in Odisha on charges of circulating counterfeits of newly released INR 2,000 notes, said Police on November 22, reports Hindustan Times. Madhusudan was arrested while he was trying to use Fake Indian Currency
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A person, identified as Madhusudan Meher was arrested in Sunarimunda of Kandhamal District in Odisha on charges of circulating counterfeits of newly released INR 2,000 notes, said Police on November 22, reports Hindustan Times. Madhusudan was arrested while he was trying to use Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) at a petrol pump in Sunarimunda. The employee of a Maruti filling station at Sunarimunda suspected the bills and reported the matter to the owner who then alerted the Police. “The currency is a colour photocopy of an original Rs 2,000 note. A case was registered and investigation is on,” said Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) of Jharsuguda, Bijay Nanda. Meher works as an engineer in a steel company.
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November - 23 
A team of Mandsaur police have arrested one of the main suppliers of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), identified as Himel Sheikh alias Samirul Islam, a resident of Murshidabad District of West Bengal from areas bordering Bangladesh, The Times of India reports on November 24. Himel was the ma
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A team of Mandsaur police have arrested one of the main suppliers of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), identified as Himel Sheikh alias Samirul Islam, a resident of Murshidabad District of West Bengal from areas bordering Bangladesh, The Times of India reports on November 24. Himel was the main supplier of fake notes with face value of INR 500 to a Mandsaur-based gang that was busted by the police on March 29, 2015. The Mandsaur police had arrested Mubarik Ajmeri, Umar Ajmeri and Siddique Ajmeri - all residents of Mandsaur District of Madhya Pradesh- and Shubhan Sheikh of Murshidabad. Fake currency notes with face value of INR 96,000 were seized from them. During interrogation, the quartet had revealed that Himel was the point person, who supplied FICN from across the border. The investigators, during visits to Murshidabad, got hold of Himel's voter ID card and phone numbers.
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December - 1 
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on December 1, lodged a complaint with MP Nagar Police after 933 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 3,97,000 were detected, reports Free Press Journal. Ten currency notes were of INR 50 denomination, while there were 728 notes of INR 100 denomination, 142 of
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on December 1, lodged a complaint with MP Nagar Police after 933 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth INR 3,97,000 were detected, reports Free Press Journal. Ten currency notes were of INR 50 denomination, while there were 728 notes of INR 100 denomination, 142 of INR 500 denomination and 53 currency notes were of INR 1,000 denomination.
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December - 2 
Three persons, Abhinav Verma, Vishakha Verma and Suman Nagpal were caught along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting to INR 42,00,000 in the recent INR 2,000 note denomination in Mohali on December 2, reports ahmedabadmirror. The trio, along with two others, were duping people by exchangi
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Three persons, Abhinav Verma, Vishakha Verma and Suman Nagpal were caught along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) amounting to INR 42,00,000 in the recent INR 2,000 note denomination in Mohali on December 2, reports ahmedabadmirror. The trio, along with two others, were duping people by exchanging the demonetised INR 500 and 1,000 notes for the fake INR 2,000 notes. They were charging 30 per cent commission for the exchange. The Police have been conducting raids to arrest two more members of the gang who slipped away.
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December - 4 
One of the main objectives of the government's decision to demonetise the old INR 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was to root out Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), which are used for terror funding among other crimes, however, according to documents available only 1,39,000 (3.4 per cent of all notes retu
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One of the main objectives of the government's decision to demonetise the old INR 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was to root out Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN), which are used for terror funding among other crimes, however, according to documents available only 1,39,000 (3.4 per cent of all notes returned) FICN with a face value of INR 9.63 crore had been returned to the banking system by November 27, nearly 20 days after the demonetisation was started, The Times of India reports on December 5.This forms an extremely small share of the estimated face value of fake INR 500 and INR 1,000 notes in circulation. In the first half of 2016, the Indian Statistical Institute had pegged the face value of fake notes in circulation at INR 400 crore — INR 1,000 notes accounted for 50 per cent of the sum, while the old INR 500 accounted for at least 25 per cent. According to the estimates, together, the fake notes of the INR 500 and INR 1,000 denominations had a face value of INR 300 crore.
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December - 4 
The smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) has fallen sharply along India’s border with Bangladesh since the government’s demonetisation move, livemint.com reports on December 5.On the India-Bangladesh border, while the smuggling of FICN has been on the rise over the past eight y
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The smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) has fallen sharply along India’s border with Bangladesh since the government’s demonetisation move, livemint.com reports on December 5.On the India-Bangladesh border, while the smuggling of FICN has been on the rise over the past eight years, it saw a reduction from INR 2.87 crore in 2015 to INR 1.53 crore in 2016, as of the third week of November, according to data provided by the Border Security Force (BSF).Data provided by security forces and the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that the smuggling of fake currency was down from INR 43.83 crore in 2015 to INR 27.70 crore in September 2016.“The printing press of fake currency notes has taken a big hit. The quantum of old Rs500 and Rs1,000 notes that had earlier been printed has gone to waste. They still have not been able to print the new notes,” a senior BSF official said stated.However, on the India-Pakistan border, security forces said the situation was much more grim.The smuggling of FICN had come down over time, but had made way for an almost impenetrable narcotics network, which, according to BSF officials, had its biggest clientele in Punjab.This, the officials explained, was because of two reasons: India’s border with Pakistan is much more tightly guarded, because of the current security situation, than the border in the east because Bangladesh is a friendly nation. So, when smugglers operate their network in the west, it is primarily for higher-risk goods such as heroin and other narcotics, than for FICN. Second, the economy in western India is more affluent, which means more people are able to afford illegal narcotics.
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December - 6 
Police arrested a youth, identified as Sachin Das along with 20 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN)of new INR 500 denomination at Birubari area in Guwahati of Kamrup Metropolitan District on December 6,reports theNagaland Post.
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Police arrested a youth, identified as Sachin Das along with 20 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN)of new INR 500 denomination at Birubari area in Guwahati of Kamrup Metropolitan District on December 6,reports theNagaland Post.
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December - 10 
Four members of a gang were arrested from Bhawanigarh village in Sangrur District of Punjab on December 10 on charge of printing Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) and conspiring to circulate the counterfeit notes including newly introduced INR 2,000 notes, reports The Indian Express. The arrested p
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Four members of a gang were arrested from Bhawanigarh village in Sangrur District of Punjab on December 10 on charge of printing Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) and conspiring to circulate the counterfeit notes including newly introduced INR 2,000 notes, reports The Indian Express. The arrested persons were identified as Harbhajan Dass, Jasvir Singh alias Jassi, Bhagwan Dass and Jaidev alias Jajji. The Sangrur Police on December 10 busted the gang and recovered FICN worth of INR 4.15 lakh. “Earlier, they were only circulating fake Rs 100 notes. But ever since new currency notes were introduced, they also started making Rs 2,000 notes,” said Pritpal Singh Thind, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sangrur.
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December - 14 
Crime Branch of Kutch West Police neutralised a racket of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) printing by arresting two men, identified as Chirag Chauhan alias Dasu and Bhachubha Jadeja and seizing FICN worth INR 59,500 of INR 500 denomination on December 14, reports Indian Express. Following a lead, t
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Crime Branch of Kutch West Police neutralised a racket of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) printing by arresting two men, identified as Chirag Chauhan alias Dasu and Bhachubha Jadeja and seizing FICN worth INR 59,500 of INR 500 denomination on December 14, reports Indian Express. Following a lead, the team raided a private office on Hirani Nagar Road in Madhapar village near Bhuj town. The sleuths also found a colour printer, four printing ink bottles, CD of colour printer and cables, knives and pairs of scissors for cutting papers and photocopies of driving licences, PAN cards and Aadhar cards of a number of persons. During primary interrogation, Police source said, the duo told that they were in debt and thought of printing fake notes to make quick money and clear the debt.
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December - 14 
On December 14, a Pakistani national, identified as Burhanuddin Sajjad was arrested and Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of scrapped INR 500 with a face value of INR 50,000 were seized from him at Surat Railway station, reports Indian Express. According to Police, the accused, had entered India on a
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On December 14, a Pakistani national, identified as Burhanuddin Sajjad was arrested and Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of scrapped INR 500 with a face value of INR 50,000 were seized from him at Surat Railway station, reports Indian Express. According to Police, the accused, had entered India on a valid tourist visa and had obtained the fake notes from Pakistan. Burhanuddin, first claimed to be a Mumbai resident, when he was apprehended at Surat Railway station. “Later, during his primary questioning and frisking, police recovered his Pakistani passport, which confirmed his nationality,” Western Railway Superintendent of Police (SP), Vadodara division, Sharad Singhal, said. “Burhanuddin’s passport confirmed that he is a Pakistani national and not a resident of Mumbai. Stamps on his passport suggested that he entered India via Attari border in Punjab on December 12 and then headed to Mumbai by a train. We recovered 100 fake notes of old Rs 500 currency. We also found three notes of USD 100 with him,” Singhal said. “Burhanuddin came to India on a valid tourist visa, which has not expired. He told us that he had acquired these fake notes from Pakistan. We will seek his remand from court to investigate his intentions to visit India with such fake notes,” said Singhal.
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December - 15 
Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case records in West Bengal for the six-month period between May and October reveal that North 24-Parganas District has emerged as a close second behind Malda District in the circulation of counterfeit currency, Hindustan Times reports on December 16. Different Polic
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Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case records in West Bengal for the six-month period between May and October reveal that North 24-Parganas District has emerged as a close second behind Malda District in the circulation of counterfeit currency, Hindustan Times reports on December 16. Different Police Stations in North 24-Parganas registered 31 FICN cases during the six-month window. Murshidabad Police Stations registered 24 cases. Malda topped the list with 45. Bardhaman was the fourth with 16 cases.A few years ago, North 24-Parganas was not prominent on the fake note map at all. According to Reserve Bank (RBI) records, INR 521,155 counterfeit notes with face value of INR 20.16 million were seized in 2011-12. On the basis of data obtained from different central and state agencies, RBI found that over 80 per cent of these notes came in through Malda, Murshidabad and Nadia districts. All these districts, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia and North 24-Parganas share a border with Bangladesh.In North 24-Parganas, FICNs were seized in areas such as Jagaddal, Belghoria, Noapara, Naihati, Basirhat, Baduria, Swarupnagar, Habra, Gaighata, Bongaon, Barasat and Baduria. In Bardhaman, FICN face value of INR 181,300 has been seized from Kulti, Durgapur, Hirapur, Galsi, Jamuria, Bardhaman and Asansol. In Malda, FICN was seized mainly in the established hubs of Kaliachak, Baishnabnagar, Chanchol, English bazar and Malda.RBI and income tax authorities have already alerted banks about the fake notes that could be deposited in banks after demonetisation. The banks were asked to install CCTV at the cash counter to identify the persons depositing cash. The banks were also asked to install FICN scanner in the bank to identify the FICN notes.
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December - 15 
It may take Pakistani security agencies anything between one to two years to come out with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of new INR 500 and INR 2,000 denomination, owing to a number of safety features that have been introduced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), according to Intelligence Bureau,
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It may take Pakistani security agencies anything between one to two years to come out with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) of new INR 500 and INR 2,000 denomination, owing to a number of safety features that have been introduced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), according to Intelligence Bureau, Asian Age reports on December 16. Following the government’s demonetisation move last month, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) had asked intelligence agencies to closely monitor its impact on circulation of FICN and terror funding. According to government estimates, there is INR 400 crore of FICN in circulation in the economy at any given point of time. Following the demonetisation, circulation of FICN has been severely hit, intelligence agencies have informed the government.According to a recent report on impact of demonetisation on FICN and terror funding, the Intelligence Bureau stated that by the time, which is almost two years, Pakistani agencies are able to fine tune production of new Indian currency security agencies, particularly in states, should enhance their capacity to deal with menace even in the long run.The intelligence agency, in its report, has also advised that the RBI should once again review the safety features in the INR 500 and INR 2,000 notes and introduce new or change some of them following the duration that it suspects the Pak agencies will take to develop counterfeit currency. “The demonetisation drive is a great opportunity to completely remove menace of fake currency. According to our estimate, it will take close to two years for ISI and its terror operatives to develop good quality fakes. So by the time they develop the expertise for the same, the RBI should introduce new features and then it should make it a routine exercise,” a senior intelligence official said.
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December - 15 
Police arrested a 33-year-old doctor, identified as Sudhir Ravsaheb Kumble for allegedly circulating Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) in Kolhapur (Maharashtra) and seized from him the same in different denominations worth INR 17,000, news.webindia123.com reports on December 16. The accused, a reside
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Police arrested a 33-year-old doctor, identified as Sudhir Ravsaheb Kumble for allegedly circulating Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) in Kolhapur (Maharashtra) and seized from him the same in different denominations worth INR 17,000, news.webindia123.com reports on December 16. The accused, a resident of Evergreen Park in Nagala Park area of city, was printing FICN of INR 2,000, INR 100 and INR 20 with use of a modern scanner in his dispensary alongside his medical practice and was circulating it to the unsuspecting people, police said. The doctor was caught while trying to give such a counterfeit note to a salesman, who became suspicious and refused to accept the note.
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December - 18 
Madhya Pradesh Police on December 18, neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and arrested two persons for printing FICN in Shahdol District, reports newsx.com. Copies of FICN worth INR 2,000 in new currency notes and printing materials like printer and scanner were confiscated from th
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Madhya Pradesh Police on December 18, neutralised a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket and arrested two persons for printing FICN in Shahdol District, reports newsx.com. Copies of FICN worth INR 2,000 in new currency notes and printing materials like printer and scanner were confiscated from the counterfeiters. An inquiry has been launched into the matter.
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December - 19 
Police recently recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth of INR 42 lakh and arrested four persons in connection with the same from Mohali District in Punjab, reports Tribune India on December 20. Police arrested one of the prime suspects in the fake currency racket, Abhinav Verma along wit
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Police recently recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth of INR 42 lakh and arrested four persons in connection with the same from Mohali District in Punjab, reports Tribune India on December 20. Police arrested one of the prime suspects in the fake currency racket, Abhinav Verma along with his cousin, Vishaka Verma and a Ludhiana based property dealer, Suman Nagpal. Later, Police arrested Abhinav Verma’s driver, identified as Pramod in connection with the case. The suspects was produced in a court on December 20 and remanded in Police custody for five days.
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December - 21 
The Hyderabad City Police - Central Crime Station (CCS) Police arrested an eight member gang, allegedly involved in Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, at Regonda mandal centre in Warangal District on December 21, reports The Hans India. Superintendent of Police (SP) Bhaskaran said that two of
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The Hyderabad City Police - Central Crime Station (CCS) Police arrested an eight member gang, allegedly involved in Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) racket, at Regonda mandal centre in Warangal District on December 21, reports The Hans India. Superintendent of Police (SP) Bhaskaran said that two of the gang members would print fake currency while the remaining members distributed it. New currency notes of INR 2,000 worth INR 1,35,800 were recovered from them. The SP said the arrested were sent for judicial remand.
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December - 22 
Police arrested two persons, identified as Dharmendra Singh (26) and Kamta Prashad (26) and recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth of INR 2.92 lakh from Kanchanpur village of Bundelkhand region in Chhatarpur District on December 22, reports The Times of India. The youth were circulating
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Police arrested two persons, identified as Dharmendra Singh (26) and Kamta Prashad (26) and recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth of INR 2.92 lakh from Kanchanpur village of Bundelkhand region in Chhatarpur District on December 22, reports The Times of India. The youth were circulating the notes in the rural area of the region. After a tip-off, the Police recovered 146 fake currency notes worth INR 2.92 lakh, said Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) of Police, Luvkush Nagar, LS Mishra.
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December - 22 
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested one person, identified as Abdul Salam alias Podi Salam, wanted in connection with a 2013 Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case as soon as he landed at the IGI airport in New Delhi on December 22, reports The Times of India. Earlier, Saudi Arabia has d
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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested one person, identified as Abdul Salam alias Podi Salam, wanted in connection with a 2013 Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case as soon as he landed at the IGI airport in New Delhi on December 22, reports The Times of India. Earlier, Saudi Arabia has deported Abdul Salam, a resident of Malappuram District in Kerala, is wanted in connection with a 2013 case.The case relates to conspiracy to smuggle FICN worth of INR 9.75 lakh, which were recovered from one Abid Chullikulavan Hassan by Customs wing Kochi at Nedumbasserry International Airport in Kochi in Ernakulum District in 2013. NIA took over the probe in July 2014. Abdul Salam was part of the criminal conspiracy to smuggle high quality counterfeit Indian currency notes to India from UAE and had facilitated smuggling of the contraband through Abid Chullikulavan Hassan.
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December - 23 
The key accused in the Nedumbassery Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case who was deported from Saudi Arabia and arrested on December 22 from New Delhi airport, was brought to Kochi in Ernakulum District of Kerala on December 23, reports The Times of India. After arresting him at the IGI airport, he
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The key accused in the Nedumbassery Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) case who was deported from Saudi Arabia and arrested on December 22 from New Delhi airport, was brought to Kochi in Ernakulum District of Kerala on December 23, reports The Times of India. After arresting him at the IGI airport, he was brought from New Delhi to Kochi and produced before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court. The court sent him to the agency's custody for three days. Salam worked with members of Dawood Ibrahim's gang and was instrumental in bringing in a sum of INR 9.75 lakh worth FICN to the country.Abdul Salam from Wandoor in Malappuram District was the third accused in the case. “There was also an Interpol red corner notice issued against him," said an NIA official. Salam, who was engaged in hotel business, was absconding ever since the case was lodged against him. On January 26, 2013 when around 1,950 counterfeit notes in the denominations of INR 500 were recovered from a man, Abid Hassan, who arrived at the Cochin airport from Dubai. Aftab Bhatki, a member of Dawood Ibrahim's crime syndicate had arranged the counterfeit notes. Aftab is still absconding. Salam had arranged the carrier for transporting the notes from Dubai to Kerala. The agency had found that the notes were printed in Pakistan.
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December - 24 
Smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) mainly from some neighbouring countries into Assam had shown an increase, prompting intelligence agencies to keep a strict vigil, reports The Sentinel on December 25. From 2013 to September 2016 before the demonetization exercise, FICN worth INR 1.8 cro
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Smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) mainly from some neighbouring countries into Assam had shown an increase, prompting intelligence agencies to keep a strict vigil, reports The Sentinel on December 25. From 2013 to September 2016 before the demonetization exercise, FICN worth INR 1.8 crore in INR 500 and INR 1000 denominations were recovered in the State and 256 accused persons arrested in this connection according to the report.In 2013, FICN worth of INR 41,00,735 were recovered by banks and Police in Assam and 72 accused persons arrested in this connection. In 2014, FICN worth of INR 40,16,160 were recovered, and 54 accused persons arrested. In 2015, the figures were much higher at INR 76,71,655 FICN recovered and 107 accused persons arrested; and till September 2016, FICN worth INR 22,49,200 were recovered and 23 accused persons arrested in Assam. Overall, from 2013 to September 2016 before the demonetization exercise, FICN worth INR 1,80,37,750 were recovered in the State. Sources said Bangladesh, among other few countries, has fast emerged with new routes for smugglers to push FICNs into Assam. Despite vigil by security agencies and the Central Government’s recent demonetization exercise, attempts to push FICNs into the country, including Assam, has been continuing and are aimed at damaging the economy, report added.
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December - 26 
Police arrested one Sweekar Luthra (39), supposed to be the kingpin in minting counterfeit coins and seized counterfeit coins over INR 17,390 from his possession on December 26, reports Indian Today. The Special Cell arrested Luthra from Mohan Garden area of Uttam Nagar in New Delhi on the basis of
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Police arrested one Sweekar Luthra (39), supposed to be the kingpin in minting counterfeit coins and seized counterfeit coins over INR 17,390 from his possession on December 26, reports Indian Today. The Special Cell arrested Luthra from Mohan Garden area of Uttam Nagar in New Delhi on the basis of a specific input, said DCP (Special Cell) Sanjeev Yadav. "During 1997, his elder brother Upkar Luthra came in contact with one Gulshan Gambhir of Dehradun, who gave him the idea to enter the illegal trade of manufacturing of counterfeiting coins of five rupees. In 1999, Upkar was arrested with the counterfeited coins of five rupees but he did not disclose Sweekars name. Soon after being released, Upkar again established another unit for making counterfeit coins but was arrested. He didn't disclose his brother's name," said Yadav.
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December - 26 
The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) of Rajkot Police cracked a racket of printing Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) on December 26 and arrested two persons who allegedly had FICN of INR 26,10,000 face value in their possession, reports Indian Express. Following a tip-off, a team of DCB officials stop
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The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) of Rajkot Police cracked a racket of printing Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) on December 26 and arrested two persons who allegedly had FICN of INR 26,10,000 face value in their possession, reports Indian Express. Following a tip-off, a team of DCB officials stopped a Swift car at Hanuman Madhi Chowk on Raiya Road at 7.45 am. During search of the vehicle, Police found 1,300 counterfeit notes of INR 2,000 denomination and 20 fake notes of INR 500 denominations. These FICN with cumulative face value of INR 26,10,000 were hidden in the speaker box of the car, city Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gehlot said.The accused were identified as Hruday Jagani (29), resident of Devasya Bungalow in Bopal area of Ahmedabad, and Lakshman Chauhan (24), resident of Balasar village in Rapar taluka of Kutch District. Police also seized a high-quality printer from the car. Gehlot said that Jagani had knowledge of precision printing and therefore used to print counterfeit currency notes. “Their modus operandi to push counterfeit notes into circulation was to insert them in wades of original notes. For example, they used to insert fake notes worth Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 in bills with face value of Rs 2 lakh,” the Commissioner further said.
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December - 27 
Crime Branch sleuths arrested three persons from Limbayat area of Surat city along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) having face value of INR 6,00,000 in INR 1,000 denominations on December 27, reports The Times of India. One of the accused, who is a resident of the United Kingdom, claimed that
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Crime Branch sleuths arrested three persons from Limbayat area of Surat city along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) having face value of INR 6,00,000 in INR 1,000 denominations on December 27, reports The Times of India. One of the accused, who is a resident of the United Kingdom, claimed that he had brought the counterfeit notes from London, Police said.Accused Jakir Yakub Patel, 40, a native of Bhadkodra in Jambusar of Bharuch district, who now lives in Slough in London, told police he was a maulavi at a madrasa (Islamic Seminary) in UK where he teaches Urdu and English. The other two accused arrested were Sarfaraz Yakub Patel, 35, brother of Jakir, and Faizal Ibrahim Patel, 26. Both are electricians by profession. However, Sarfaraz, who lives in Limbayat, also announces prayer time on the loud speaker at Madina Mosque of Limbayat. Police had received specific information about Faizal which said he was searching for some person who could exchange the demonetized notes with new currency. The police picked up Faizal and on examining the notes in his possession found them to be fake. Faizal told Police he bought the notes from his friend Sarfaraz and that they were given to him by Jakir. "Jakir is a teacher in a madrasa and had landed at Mumbai airport three days ago. Jakir and Sarfaraz are brothers and Jakir was staying at Sarfaraz's residence in the city," said A M Captain, Police Inspector, detection of crime branch, Surat.
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December - 31 
Three persons, identified as Mohammad Naushad, Noor Mohammad and Iqbal were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth of INR 5,300 in denominations of INR 50 and new notes of INR 500 in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan, reports The Indian Express on January 1. The accused were tryi
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Three persons, identified as Mohammad Naushad, Noor Mohammad and Iqbal were arrested along with Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) worth of INR 5,300 in denominations of INR 50 and new notes of INR 500 in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan, reports The Indian Express on January 1. The accused were trying to purchase items on shops in Pahadi area with fake notes of INR 500. One of the shopkeepers informed the Police, following which the accused were arrested, Police said.
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