Lucknow: After arresting a man for allegedly supplying fake currency notes in the state the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday claimed that the accused had Pakistan links and seized currencies were allegedly smuggled from there.
According to ATS sources, the accused, identified as Sadar Ali, a resident of West Bengal, was arrested recently from Mahamaya Flyover in Noida and he was carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head.
Ali had been supplying high-quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) for the past decade in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and NCR towns and the currency was produced in Pakistan which was being brought and supplied into India through Bangladesh.
"In 2010, Ali was arrested from Baharampur in West Bengal's Murshidabad district with FICN worth Rs 4 lakhs. In that case, he spent three months in jail after which he got bail," an official said.
"In the same year, he was again arrested from Malda district of West Bengal with FICN worth Rs 1.5 lakh. Recently Ali's name re-surfaced after two men named Tehsin Khan and Wasim Khan were arrested by the ATS on November 1 last year with FICN worth Rs 5.97 lakh," the official added.
"During investigations, it came to light that Tehsin and Wasim brought FICN from West Bengal resident Sadar Ali and his wife Mumtaz," the officials further added.
