BSS-24 Fake rupee factory unearthed in Rajshahi: 1 held

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FAKE-RUPEE-FACTORY (with picture)

Fake rupee factory unearthed in Rajshahi: 1 held

RAJSHAHI, Sept 07, 2018 (BSS)- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) unearthed a fake rupee-manufacturing factory and arrested one person with 11 lakh Indian rupees from Beldarpara area under Boalia Police Station in the city last midnight.

The arrested person was identified as Darduzzaman alias Jaman, 57, hailed from Sheikhtala village under Shibgonj Upazila in Chapainawabgonj district.

On a tip-off, a team of RAB conducted a sudden raid in the resident of Jaman and arrested him red-handed.

In addition to counterfeit notes, the RAB team seized rupee-making machines and other instruments like laptops, printers, laminating machines, halogen lights, scanners, papers and cartridges after searching the house.

RAB sources told the local journalists that Jaman was the kingpin of manufacturing and supplying counterfeit notes to different parts of the country, including the capital Dhaka.

A case was filed with Boalia Model Police Station in this connection and the arrested person along with the seized notes and machineries was handed over to police this noon.

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