BANGLADESH NEWS
Police detectives have arrested six members of a money counterfeiting racket along with fake bills worth Tk 10 million from Dhaka's Mugda area.
Police said they were arrested during raids between Thursday noon and early Friday in different parts of that area.
The detectives presented the arrestees along with the seized notes before the press on Friday at the Detective Branch headquarters in Dhaka.
The six have been identified as – Mohammad Selim, 30, Jalal Uddin, 45, Abid Mia, 42, Shahidul Islam, 30, his wife Mariam Begum, 20, and Rojina Begum, 30.
The detective branch Additional Deputy Commissioner (west) Moshiur Rahman told reporters that Selim forged the notes while the other five were assigned to release the fake notes in different areas.
He said Selim was arrested from a flat at South Mugda during an initial raid along with a laptop, a printer, money counterfeiting materials and fake money worth Tk 10 million.
Selim told reporters that an engineer named 'Babul' taught him this 'technology'. He said he somewhat learnt the work even though he does not understand the 'computer stuff' that much.
He said 'the engineer' currently lives in Rangpur.
"I usually forge the notes in two ways. I wash and clean Tk 100 bills with soap after collecting them from the market. Then I print Tk 500 bills on the washed papers and release them in the market."
Possibility of these notes being identified as counterfeit is low, he added.
Selim said his second way of forging was simply printing Tk 1000 bills. "But they are not 'reliable' like the Tk 500 fake bills."
He also told reporters that he has been running the joint for at least one year. He said they were forging more than enough ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.
Three other arrestees, Shahidul, Mariam and Rojina, also said they got the counterfeit bills from Selim and released them in the market in exchange for a certain commission.
Jalal Uddin said he usually 'delivers' fake notes worth Tk 100,000-150,000 in different parts of the country.
Police said they were arrested during raids between Thursday noon and early Friday in different parts of that area.
The detectives presented the arrestees along with the seized notes before the press on Friday at the Detective Branch headquarters in Dhaka.
The six have been identified as – Mohammad Selim, 30, Jalal Uddin, 45, Abid Mia, 42, Shahidul Islam, 30, his wife Mariam Begum, 20, and Rojina Begum, 30.
The detective branch Additional Deputy Commissioner (west) Moshiur Rahman told reporters that Selim forged the notes while the other five were assigned to release the fake notes in different areas.
He said Selim was arrested from a flat at South Mugda during an initial raid along with a laptop, a printer, money counterfeiting materials and fake money worth Tk 10 million.
Selim told reporters that an engineer named 'Babul' taught him this 'technology'. He said he somewhat learnt the work even though he does not understand the 'computer stuff' that much.
He said 'the engineer' currently lives in Rangpur.
"I usually forge the notes in two ways. I wash and clean Tk 100 bills with soap after collecting them from the market. Then I print Tk 500 bills on the washed papers and release them in the market."
Possibility of these notes being identified as counterfeit is low, he added.
Selim said his second way of forging was simply printing Tk 1000 bills. "But they are not 'reliable' like the Tk 500 fake bills."
He also told reporters that he has been running the joint for at least one year. He said they were forging more than enough ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.
Three other arrestees, Shahidul, Mariam and Rojina, also said they got the counterfeit bills from Selim and released them in the market in exchange for a certain commission.
Jalal Uddin said he usually 'delivers' fake notes worth Tk 100,000-150,000 in different parts of the country.
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