NEW DELHI:Rehan Ali, a resident of Sadar Karachi in Pakistan, was caught in Dhaka immediately after Emirates flight EK 586 landed at Shahjalal International Airport in February this year. Ali was carrying Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of face value of Rs 1 crore. The discovery was made by deep-cover Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW) agents in Bangladesh, who were tasked to gather evidence that could dismantle Pakistan’s nefarious design to destabilise the Indian financial system.
“There are a number of intelligence inputs available to indicate the involvement of Pak officials based in Bangladesh, Nepal and Thailand of having assisted, managed and supplied FICN, at times using the diplomatic bag, to wholesale operators in those ‘staging post’ countries. Pakistani diplomats who were associated with the FICN trade were also known to be involved in counter-intelligence operations against Indian diplomats in those countries,” said the Top Secret intelligence note said.