NIA arrests accused in fake currency case
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National Investigation Agency (NIA) officers have arrested a West Bengal resident in Chikkodi in Belagavi district in reference to a fake currency circulation case.
Four personnel from NIA arrested Sarifulla Abubakar Siddique from a rented home in Chikkodi on Monday, sources in the Belagavi District Police stated.
He was a resident of Babupura in Malda district of West Bengal earlier than shifting to Chikkodi.
Chikkodi Police had three years in the past seized fake currency with a face worth of ₹82,000 and registered a case.
The case was handed over to NIA in April 2018.
A Special NIA Court held 5 individuals responsible and sentenced them to 6 years imprisonment.
However, three individuals, who have been named in the offence, together with Sarifulla Siddique, have been at giant. He was charged with circulating fake currency in Karnataka after acquiring them from Saddam Shekh and Hakim Shekh. While Sarifulla Siddique was arrested on Monday, Saddam Shekh and Hakim Shekh, who’re stated to be from Bangladesh, are nonetheless absconding.
The accused has been taken to West Bengal the place he can be produced earlier than a court docket in Malda, the police stated.
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