Staff Reporter :
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) unearthed a fake Indian currency making factory and arrested two men in this connection at Shubhadya in Dakkhin Keraniganj on the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday night.
The accused are Liakat Ali, 35, and Md Jahangir Alam, 40. RAB also recovered Rs 10 lakh fake Indian currency, equipment and other materials used to make the fake currency.
A team of RAB-3 conducted the drive at Uttarpara of Shubhadya on the 2nd floor of a building at 3:00 am on the night and arrested them.
“We conducted the drive after getting secret information about the fake currency factory,” said, Lt. Colonel Imranul Hasan, the Commander of RAB-3 in a press briefing at The RAB’s Media Center in Karwan Bazar on Thursday noon.
He said, “Liakat Ali is the main accused, who has been making fake Indian currency for last 15 years.”
“The accused earned Tk three lakh monthly from this illegal business. Some of his gang used to sell those fake currency in the border areas and to money exchanging agencies,” the RAB-3 chief said.
Liakat Ali was involved to make fake Bangladeshi Taka also. But later he gave up that fearing arrest.
He learned the tricks of fake currency making from Sagir Master once involved in Stock market business.
“Liakat was selling one lakh Rupees to his wholesalers for 12,000 Taka,” Imranul Hasan, the Chief of RAB-3 said.
He said that the investigation is on the card about the money exchange agencies, other wholesalers and assistances of the main accused.
