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Fake Rs. 2000 notes with face value of Rs. 80,000 recovered in WB, 1 held

| | Feb 10, 2017, at 03:34 am
Kolkata/Murshidabad, Feb 9 (IBNS): Police on Wednesday night recovered 40 pieces of fake Rs. 2000 notes from West Bengal's Murshidabad district, officials said.

According to police reports, acting on a tip off, police booked a suspect- Ajijur Rahman- from Chatra Ghat area under Islampur Police Station limits in Murshidabad district and seized fake Rs. 2000 notes with face value of 80,000 rupees from his possession.

"Based on credible source inputs, we nabbed Ajijur Rahman, who is a resident of Baisnabnagar in Malda district of West Bengal, and recovered 40 pieces of fake Rs. 2000 notes, which were produced by offset printing machine, from his possession," Murshidabad SP Mukesh Kumar told IBNS.

"We have started probe into it and the man is being interrogated," Mukesh Kumar added.

However, Ajijur Rahman was produced in a local court on Thursday and was sent to police custody for three days.

Meanwhile, a police source claimed that during primary investigation, the arrested fake currency trafficker has averred the details of his gang, including the name of its key operator.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

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