Tk 10cr in counterfeit notes seized in Dhaka
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The police produce 10 people, arrested in possession of forged notes, before the media at DMP media centre in Dhaka on Sunday. Sourav LaskerThe police produce 10 people, arrested in possession of forged notes, before the media at DMP media centre in Dhaka on Sunday. Sourav Lasker
The Detective Branch has seized a huge amount of counterfeit currencies of different denominations and printing materials worth
an estimated Tk 10 crore and arrested 10, including a ruling party leader, at places in the capital city, officials sai8d on Sunday.
The police arrested the 10 people in possession of Tk 2,50,22,000 in forged notes and Rs 88,000 in the drives before of Eid-ul-Azha, the Detective Branchs additional deputy commissioner (west) Mashiur Rahman said.
The Detective Branch team, led by Mashiur, have seized three laptops, six printers, colour, chemicals and other materials during raids on Kamrangirchar and Demra on Saturday.
The ring leader, Zaman Biswas, also known as Duruzzaman and Nuruzzaman, 50, and his younger brother Khaliduzzaman, 35, and Abdur Rahman, 36, Babu Miah also known as Totla Babu, 28, Sujan also known as Destiny Sujan, 27, Manjurul Kamal also known as Kamal Master, 60, Jalal Uddin, 25, Shanta also known as Shabana, 25, Mosammat Maksuda, 20, and Lima Akhter, 20, were produced before journalists at the DMP media centre where they admitted to have been committing the crime for many years.
Zaman Biswas, also a joint secretary of the Awami Muktijoddha League, was involved in counterfeiting notes and others were involved in circulating the notes, the police said. Zamans younger brother Khaliduzzaman is a student of the Rajshahi Law College.
Zaman, who once worked as a commercial painter, told the media that he had been making counterfeit notes for 14 years.Zaman, who had been in jail for 21 months after his arrest in 1999 in another case of the counterfeiting of notes, claimed that he could produce currency notes of most of the countries but the US dollar.
Apart from Indian rupees, I have already produced notes of Bhutan and Myanmar, he said.
Asked why they were counterfeiting Indian rupees, Zaman said that an Indian called Uttam from Maldah used to take the forged notes from him. Uttam took forged rupees from me 10 to 12 times in the past 14 years. Zaman said that most of his fellows were in jail, and the ones who are in hiding now had set up a strong syndicate to maintain the trade in forged notes.
Shanta, who worked as an apparel worker, learnt how to forge notes from her husband Sirajul Islam, she said adding that she had improved on the quality of watermarks.
The detectives at the briefing said that they had intensified their vigil as about 10 such rings were on the prowl before Eid when a huge amount of money is transacted.
The arrested were sent to jail after two cases had been filed with the Demra and the Kamrangirchar police.
The state minister for home, Shamsul Haque Tuku, meanwhile on Sunday, said that counterfeit note detectors should be used in all cattle markets before Eid-ul-Azha.
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The police produce 10 people, arrested in possession of forged notes, before the media at DMP media centre in Dhaka on Sunday. Sourav LaskerThe police produce 10 people, arrested in possession of forged notes, before the media at DMP media centre in Dhaka on Sunday. Sourav Lasker
The Detective Branch has seized a huge amount of counterfeit currencies of different denominations and printing materials worth
an estimated Tk 10 crore and arrested 10, including a ruling party leader, at places in the capital city, officials sai8d on Sunday.
The police arrested the 10 people in possession of Tk 2,50,22,000 in forged notes and Rs 88,000 in the drives before of Eid-ul-Azha, the Detective Branchs additional deputy commissioner (west) Mashiur Rahman said.
The Detective Branch team, led by Mashiur, have seized three laptops, six printers, colour, chemicals and other materials during raids on Kamrangirchar and Demra on Saturday.
The ring leader, Zaman Biswas, also known as Duruzzaman and Nuruzzaman, 50, and his younger brother Khaliduzzaman, 35, and Abdur Rahman, 36, Babu Miah also known as Totla Babu, 28, Sujan also known as Destiny Sujan, 27, Manjurul Kamal also known as Kamal Master, 60, Jalal Uddin, 25, Shanta also known as Shabana, 25, Mosammat Maksuda, 20, and Lima Akhter, 20, were produced before journalists at the DMP media centre where they admitted to have been committing the crime for many years.
Zaman Biswas, also a joint secretary of the Awami Muktijoddha League, was involved in counterfeiting notes and others were involved in circulating the notes, the police said. Zamans younger brother Khaliduzzaman is a student of the Rajshahi Law College.
Zaman, who once worked as a commercial painter, told the media that he had been making counterfeit notes for 14 years.Zaman, who had been in jail for 21 months after his arrest in 1999 in another case of the counterfeiting of notes, claimed that he could produce currency notes of most of the countries but the US dollar.
Apart from Indian rupees, I have already produced notes of Bhutan and Myanmar, he said.
Asked why they were counterfeiting Indian rupees, Zaman said that an Indian called Uttam from Maldah used to take the forged notes from him. Uttam took forged rupees from me 10 to 12 times in the past 14 years. Zaman said that most of his fellows were in jail, and the ones who are in hiding now had set up a strong syndicate to maintain the trade in forged notes.
Shanta, who worked as an apparel worker, learnt how to forge notes from her husband Sirajul Islam, she said adding that she had improved on the quality of watermarks.
The detectives at the briefing said that they had intensified their vigil as about 10 such rings were on the prowl before Eid when a huge amount of money is transacted.
The arrested were sent to jail after two cases had been filed with the Demra and the Kamrangirchar police.
The state minister for home, Shamsul Haque Tuku, meanwhile on Sunday, said that counterfeit note detectors should be used in all cattle markets before Eid-ul-Azha.
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