Key supplier of fake notes held

INDORE: A team of Mandsaur police have arrested one of the main suppliers of fake Indian currency notes from areas bordering Bangladesh. Mandsaur police had been trying to trace him for more than a year and Mandsaur SP had announced a reward of Rs 10,000 on him.
The accused identified as Himel Sheikh alias Samirul Islam, a resident of Murshidabad in West Bengal, was arrested by a team of police that was investigating a counterfeit currency note racket, Mandsaur Kotwali police station in-charge MPS Parihar told TOI.
Himel was the main supplier of fake notes with face value of Rs 500 to a Mandsaur-based gang that was busted by the police on March 29, 2015. The Mandsaur police had arrested Mubarik Ajmeri, Umar Ajmeri and Siddique Ajmeri - all residents of Mandsaur - and Shubhan Sheikh of Murshidabad. Fake currency notes with face value of Rs 96,000 were seized from them. During interrogation, the quartet had revealed that Himel was the point person, who supplied the fake currency from across the border.
The investigators, during visits to Murshidabad, got hold of Himel's voter ID card and phone numbers. "We had been monitoring Himel's phone numbers for long. We got accurate information about his presence near Bangladesh border following which a team nabbed him," Parihar said.
He was brought to Mandsaur for interrogation on Tuesday. Police claimed that Himel was not communicating with the police in any language other than Bengali. Interrogators were in the process of arranging for an interpreter. Police believe that Himel's interrogation may reveal elaborate details of counterfeit currency network in the country.