The NIA Special Court in Bengaluru on Saturday convicted seventh accused and sentenced him with six years of simple imprisonment (SI) in a fake currency seizure case reported in the year 2018.
The accused,Sariful Islam alias Sarifulla alias Sharifuddin,a native of West Bengal,has also been fined Rs.5,000 in the case.He is the seventh accused to be convicted in the case.
NIA investigations in the case had revealed that the accused had conspired with six others in trafficking of 41 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs),with face value of Rs.82,000,from Bangladesh border to different parts of India.
Sariful Islam had fraudulently obtained a SIM card to communicate with his co-accused for the procurement of the fake notes from West Bengal and its circulation across the country.
Investigations further revealed a trail of several such transactions on the part of the accused,who had earlier delivered FICN of Rs.10.30 Lakh to the main convict Dalim Mia in West Bengal.The conspiracy was aimed at destabilizing India’s monetary situation and economic security.
NIA is continuing with its investigation against two Bangladeshi nationals who had supplied FICN to the accused in the instant case,in which a total of three chargesheets had been filed so far by the agency.