While the influx of fake currency continues unabated, Gujarat ATS chief has now held HuJI responsible for channelling FICN into Gujarat.
The Special Operations Group (SOG), in numerous operations spread over last year, confiscated Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) worth Rs1 crore in the city. While the influx of fake currency continues unabated, Gujarat ATS chief Manoj Shashidharan has now held Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) responsible for channelling FICN into Gujarat from Bangladesh.
"We now know that HuJI is pumping fake Indian currency into the state, receiving help from Bangladeshis living illegally in Ahmedabad. These notes are made in Bangladesh and then brought into India by agents of this terrorist outfit," said Shashidharan on Wednesday.
HuJI is a terrorist faction that operates in South Asian countries of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It was banned in Bangladesh in 2005 but continues to operate there illegally.
According to Shashidharan, HuJI illegally crosses over Bangladeshis into Indian territory, who then come to Ahmedabad and conduct recce of 'fertile' locations where bogus Indian currency can be easily planted and circulated. After receiving information about these favourable sites, HuJI agents from Bangladesh get these notes to Lal Darwaza area, from where they are circulated to other parts of the city.
"These notes are pushed into the market by simple purchasing. For shopping of say Rs200, a fake Rs1,000 note is given. The unaware shopkeeper gives back Rs800 in original currency," said Shashidharan.
The fake money is disbursed in small fractions of the original consignment, said Shashidharan. "Only Rs25-50,000 is taken out at one time," he added.
Recently, four-five illegal Bangladeshi immigrants were arrested by Karanj police with Rs24 lakh in fake currencies recovered from them. They were handed over to SOG for further investigation into the matter. Three similar crackdowns were conducted in Lal Darwaza area as well.
"We believe that fake currency operations from Lal Darwaza have now shifted to a new location. We are currently interrogating six-seven Bangladeshis detained from Chandola lake area for further information in the matter," said Shashidharan.
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