AN FICN TRAFFICKER SENT TO 6 YEARS IN JAIL BY NIA BENGALURU COURT IN FAKE CURRENCY CASE
New Delhi, Dated 31st August 2024: The NIA Special Court, Bengaluru, has sentenced one accused to 6 years of simple imprisonment (SI) in a fake currency seizure case of 2018.
The accused, Sariful Islam @ Sarifulla @ Sharifuddin, a native of West Bengal, has also been fined Rs. 5,000 in the case RC-12/2018/NIA/DLI (Chikodi FICN Case). He is the seventh accused to be convicted in the case.
NIA investigations in the case had revealed that the accused had conspired with 6 others in trafficking of 41 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs), with face value of Rs. 82,000, from Bangladesh border to different parts of India. Sariful Islam had fraudulently obtained a SIM card to communicate with his co-accused for the procurement of the fake notes from West Bengal and its circulation across the country.
Investigations further revealed a trail of several such transactions on the part of the accused, who had earlier delivered FICN of Rs. 10.30 Lakh to the main convict Dalim Mia in West Bengal. The conspiracy was aimed at destabilizing India’s monetary situation and economic security.
NIA is continuing with its investigation against two Bangladeshi nationals who had supplied FICN to the accused in the instant case, in which a total of three chargesheets had been filed so far by the agency.
