FICN New Delhi/UNI: The anti-terror probe agency NIA on Tuesday said that it has filed a charge sheet against three Fake Indian Currency Note( FICN) traffickers before Mumbai special court for NIA cases on Tuesday.
Accused Jasim aka Wasim, resident of Mumbra in Thane (Maharashtra),Ishak Khan and Radhakrishna of Chikkaballapura in Karnataka have been charge sheeted under sections 120B, 489B, 489C and 34 of IPC.
The case pertained to a seizure of FICN having face value of Rs. 82,000/- from the house of accused Jasim and investigation in the case has revealed that the arrested accused persons had conspired to circulate FICN in different parts of India.
The investigation had revealed that accused Ishak Khan, lodged in Presidency Correctional Home, Alipore, Kolkata had set up a meeting between accused persons Jasim and Radhakrishna on May 14 last year in Chikkabalapur in Karnataka and Radhakrishna Adappa had delivered FICN having face value of Rs 82,000 to Jasim as directed by Ishak Khan.
“On the basis of credible information about this transaction, a search was carried out at the house of accused Jasim and FICN and other incriminating items were seized during the search. Further examination of Ishak Khan revealed that the FICN was brought into India from Bangladesh”, the NIA said in the charge sheet.
Further investigation to unearth the international linkages has been continued, the probe agency added.
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