Man held for fake currency racket may have links with D-Company: NIA

NIA sources said the probe so far has revealed that Saha used to receive fake notes from Bangladesh-based suppliers. Saha was reportedly an important liaison between Bangladesh and India when it came to the FICN racket. “Saha, over the years, had established a superb domestic network. He had great control over routes that he used to bring fake notes to the Indian market. At the time of his arrest, he was the Bengal operation head of the racket,” said a NIA official.

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In May 2015, NIA arrested Sunesh Kumar Sharma alias Ganesh and Rajan Chopra — residents of Haryana and Punjab, respectively — heads of FICN racket in north India. This was followed by the arrest of Amerul Seikh, a resident of Malda, in December 2015. This year, two other members of FICN racket — Jahirul alias Jahir Sekh and Alam Sekh — were arrested. While interrogating them, NIA came to know that Saha was virtually controlling the domestic market by supplying them fake currency from Bangladesh. This later led to his arrest. Sources said earlier, Bangladesh FICN smugglers used to hand over fake currency to Alam Seikh, which was then passed on to Jahirul Seikh and Amerul Sekh. But Saha went on to develop a good network in Bangladesh and started supplying fake currency to Sunesh kumar and Rajan.