NIA Chargesheets Another Accused in Guwahati's Fake Currency Seizure Case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against three more accused in a 2019 case relating to seizure of fake Indian currency in Assam's Guwahati.

According to reports, a second supplementary chargesheet was filed on Thursday against Khandakar Khairul Alom, Sitjal Haque and Sudip Biswas, taking the total number of accused chargesheeted in the case to seven.

NIA had filed a chargesheet against three accused in December 2019 and the Iast supplementary chargesheet against one more in May 2020.

Sudip Biswas has been identified as a key accused who had entered into a conspiracy with one Safikul Islam to print and circulate Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) for unlawful gains. They had procured a colour printer and bond paper from the market, and printed counterfeit notes in the denominations of Rs. 50, Rs. 100, Rs. 200 and Rs. 500. Safikul had subsequently turned approver and become a witness in the case.

The case had come to light following the seizure of FICN with face value of Rs. 1,84,000 from the possession of accused Mataleb Ali, Amir Hamza and Dilbar Hussain by the Assam Police. The trio had been given the notes by Sudip and Safikul for circulation, as per investigations by NIA, which had taken over the case in October 2019.

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