Search on for intended recipient of fake note found on smugglers.
The Uttar Pradesh police and its special task force are faced with a million dollar question, literally. They are trying to unravel the mystery of a US $1 million currency note, which was recovered by a police party from smugglers in Bihar.
Interestingly, the officials investigating the matter seem to be blissfully unaware that the note is obviously a fake, since the US has never printed a million-dollar bill. The UP police is trying to pass the buck by saying the matter has been referred to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). This is the first time a fake foreign currency note has been recovered in UP and apparently the state police do not know what to do about it.
The miscreants told the police that the note was part of the infamous Purulia arms drop package. Five persons have been jailed in connection with the case, but the police don’t have a clue about the supplier, buyer or the intended recipient of the note.
The police had received information some days ago that smugglers were carrying opium from Bihar. They intercepted a Bolero in the Lalgarh area of Sitapur district, 100km from Lucknow, and were startled to find the note. Sitapur has been one of the main transit points of fake currency smuggled in from Pakistan.
Sitapur district police chief Jyoti Narayan said the special task force would investigate the matter and that the enforcement directorate (ED) has been told about the note.
Top officials have contacted the police brass in Bihar and West Bengal to find out where the note came from and where it was intended to be delivered.
Sakal Dev Singh, leader of the arrested gang, has a history of smuggling opium and has also been involved in a fake currency racket. Singh said one Baba Bhola Jha had given him the currency note with the offer that they would split the money once it was sold.
A top police official said they were probing if the smugglers’ ring was running an organised racket in foreign currency through the Nepal border and whether more such currency notes were being circulated for sale elsewhere.
“Things would be clearer after we get more information from the RBI and ED,” the officer told reporters.
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