New Delhi, March 2: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has achieved a significant breakthrough by arresting a Nepali national who has been on the run since 2014 in connection with a fake Indian currency case. This case also involves a Pakistani national based in Dubai.
The agency announced on Sunday that Noor Mohammad, the accused from Bara district in Nepal, was apprehended from the Shahpur Patori police station in Samastipur district, Bihar. A non-bailable warrant had been issued against him.
In November 2017, the NIA filed a chargesheet against him in a special court located at Patiala House in New Delhi.
The case was registered in June 2014 after the NIA seized 4,988 high-quality counterfeit Indian currency notes with a face value of ₹49,88,000 in April 2014. These notes were brought into India from Dubai on April 17 and 18, 2014, and were confiscated at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.
The investigation revealed that Noor Mohammad conspired with co-accused Ikramul Ansari and Pakistani national Syed Mohammad Shafi, also known as Shafi Chacha, to purchase, transport, supply, and circulate high-quality fake Indian currency notes (FICN) in India.
This conspiracy aimed to adversely affect the country’s economic stability, with Noor Mohammad arranging meetings among co-accused for the transportation and supply of foreign currency.
The NIA found that Noor Mohammad closely monitored the delivery of the seized consignment. Further investigations are ongoing.
In a separate case, on February 6 of this year, the NIA filed a chargesheet against Mohammad Fasi Uddin, a resident of Hyderabad, concerning high-quality counterfeit Indian notes seized in Banjaria, Champaran district, Bihar. This case has unveiled an international counterfeit currency racket allegedly operating through networks linked to Pakistan and Nepal.
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