BENGALURU: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court, Bengaluru convicted Sariful Islam alias Sarifulla to 6 years Simple Imprisonment in a fake currency seizure case in Chikodi of Belagavi (Karnataka) in 2018. The Special Court imposed a penalty of Rs 5,000 on him. Further, NIA is continuing with its investigation against two Bangladeshi nationals who allegedly supplied Fake Indian Currency Notes to the accused.
According to a press release by the NIA on Sunday, Sarifulla, a resident of West Bengal, was convicted by the NIA Special Court on Saturday. Earlier the NIA Special Court had convicted six persons in the Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case and the circulation of fake currency notes was aimed at destablising country’s monetary situation and also posing a threat to economic security.
To carry out his activities in the country, the release said, Sarifulla obtained a SIM card through a fraudulent way which he used to communicate with his co-accused for procurement of fake notes from West Bengal. The investigations by NIA sleuths further revealed that Sarifulla had delivered Fake Indian Currency Notes of Rs 10.31 lakh to Dalim Mia in West Bengal. Dalim Mia is the main accused in the circulation of fake notes across the country.
Investigations by the sleuths of NIA revealed Sarifulla had conspired with six others in trafficking of Rs 41 Fake Indian Currency Notes with face value of Rs 82,000. The Fake Indian Currency Notes were circulated across India through the Bangladesh border.
