DRI seizes fake currency worth Rs 1.20 lakh in Darjeeling

Kolkata, Nov 3 (IANS) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence personnel have seized fake Indian currency notes worth Rs 1.20 lakh, smuggled from Bangladesh, in Darjeeling, West Bengal, an agency said on Sunday.A person has also been arrested.The DRI officials intercepted a Md. Baitullah (40), resident of Suribhita Sabodangi village of Kishanganj district of Bihar, based on an intelligence that a consignment of FICN from Chapai Nawabgunj and other areas of Bangladesh was smuggled into India. Baitullah was apprehended after he deboarded from a bus coming from Kishanganj.After a search, 50 pieces of FICN worth Rs 120,000 were seized from him.On interrogation, Baitullah said he procured the FICN consignment from a resident of Baliadanga village under Kaliachak police station of Malda district.He was tasked with supplying the consignment to a person in Araria in Bihar.The recovered FICN were initially examined and appeared to be of high quality. Baitullah has been arrested under the provisions of Customs Act.
--IANS ssp/rt