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Pak pushing fake Indian notes via China
NEW DELHI: In a development that has rattled the internal security establishment, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) last month apprehended a consignment of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) being smuggled in from China. This is probably the first time that FICN pushed in by Pakistan has come via China and raises concerns of ISI's growing network in certain provinces of China.
The Rs 30-lakh consignment was sent through an international courier from China's Xinjiang province. The development comes close on the heels of three Chinese nationals from the same province being apprehended in Leh area of Jammu & Kashmir while trying to illegally cross over to Pakistan. They are currently being probed by intelligence agencies in Leh.
According to sources, DRI officials apprehended a courier with Rs 30 lakh in FICN addressed to an old Delhi restaurant on June 22. The courier had been summoned by a history sheeter from Hapur in UP named Bhura.
Laying a trap, DRI officials arrested Bhura who revealed during interrogation that he was receiving instructions over the phone from China itself although he did not know who the kingpin of the racket was. He was merely supposed to receive the packet and pass it on to another person about whom he would receive instructions from China.
DRI has already shared the details with other security agencies which are studying the development.
After the traditional routes of Nepal, Bangladesh and Dubai came under the scanner of security agencies, FICN cartels from Pakistan had started routing fake currency through south-east Asian countries such as Malaysia and Vietnam. "However, this is probably the first time that China has become part of the FICN trail. It raises concerns as it means ISI has been able to build strong networks in certain restive provinces of China which can pose bigger challenges in future," said an officer from the security establishment.
In recent years, India's security establishment has had considerable success in breaking down or at least pegging back FICN networks in Nepal and Bangladesh through operations by the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and cooperation from the two countries. However, emergence of the China route could be difficult to plug as neither does India have such strong ties with China nor do Indian agencies have a robust network there.
Pak pushing fake Indian notes via China - The Times of India
NEW DELHI: In a development that has rattled the internal security establishment, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) last month apprehended a consignment of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) being smuggled in from China. This is probably the first time that FICN pushed in by Pakistan has come via China and raises concerns of ISI's growing network in certain provinces of China.
The Rs 30-lakh consignment was sent through an international courier from China's Xinjiang province. The development comes close on the heels of three Chinese nationals from the same province being apprehended in Leh area of Jammu & Kashmir while trying to illegally cross over to Pakistan. They are currently being probed by intelligence agencies in Leh.
According to sources, DRI officials apprehended a courier with Rs 30 lakh in FICN addressed to an old Delhi restaurant on June 22. The courier had been summoned by a history sheeter from Hapur in UP named Bhura.
Laying a trap, DRI officials arrested Bhura who revealed during interrogation that he was receiving instructions over the phone from China itself although he did not know who the kingpin of the racket was. He was merely supposed to receive the packet and pass it on to another person about whom he would receive instructions from China.
DRI has already shared the details with other security agencies which are studying the development.
After the traditional routes of Nepal, Bangladesh and Dubai came under the scanner of security agencies, FICN cartels from Pakistan had started routing fake currency through south-east Asian countries such as Malaysia and Vietnam. "However, this is probably the first time that China has become part of the FICN trail. It raises concerns as it means ISI has been able to build strong networks in certain restive provinces of China which can pose bigger challenges in future," said an officer from the security establishment.
In recent years, India's security establishment has had considerable success in breaking down or at least pegging back FICN networks in Nepal and Bangladesh through operations by the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and cooperation from the two countries. However, emergence of the China route could be difficult to plug as neither does India have such strong ties with China nor do Indian agencies have a robust network there.
Pak pushing fake Indian notes via China - The Times of India
