KOLKATA: The Border Security Force seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of face value Rs 18,00,000 close to the international border in Baishnab Nagar in Malda on Sunday. A Bangladeshi smuggler was apprehended. The seizure was made by troops of the 20Bn BSF based at Sovapur Border Outpost.
“Specific information was received by BSF regarding suspicious movement of a person near the Indo-Bangladesh Border with FICN consignment. This was near BOP Sovapur. The information was received around 5 am and the troops launched a special operation at 6 am. The patrolling team noticed a man moving suspiciously across the border fence. He was attempting to throw a polythene bag across the fence. The BSF troops gave chase and succeeded in apprehending the miscreant on Indian soil. The 150 metre stretch beyond the border fence is Indian territory. The bag was opened and FICN bundles of face value Rs 18 lakh were seied,” a senior officer said.
During questioning, the miscreant revealed that his name is Majrul Rehman of Mandalpara village in the Shivganj police station of Chapainababganj district of Bangladesh. He, along the FICN, was handed over to the Baishnab Nagar police station for legal proceedings.
Keeping in view the vulnerability of the border from smuggling point of view Sandeep Salunke, IG, BSF South Bengal Frontier issued operational guidelines to further strengthen border domination so as to effectively check the menace of smuggling and other activities of anti-national elements along the border. In 2015, the BSF’s South Bengal Frontier has seized FICN of face value Rs 2,52,85,000 and apprehended 23 FICN racketeers.
