Bangladeshis with fake currency arrested from Bengal district

Two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested from Basirhat in North 24-Parganas district with fake Indian currency, police said today. "Farukh Hossain Sardar and Saddam Hossain Sardar, residents of Satkhira district in Bangladesh, were arrested last evening with fake Indian currency in their possession," additional SP (North) of North 24-Parganas district Bhaskar Mukherjee told PTI.

"It is being investigated if they have links with any terror outfit in Bangladesh," he said. He said that seven days' police custody had been obtained from a court in Basirhat today to facilitate inquiry into their antecedents and possible link with any terror outfit in Bangladesh.