From sinlungSilchar, Oct 1 : Gangs printing counterfeit currency notes in the Northeast have shifted their base from Bangladesh to Mizoram and the south Assam border district of Karimganj.
A senior BSF official in Cachar district last night confirmed that fake currency notes were recovered from different places in Mizoram and Karimganj districts in eight raids since January this year.
The investigating agencies, including the BSF intelligence, have zeroed in on some printing hubs, which use computers to print fake notes, in Mizoram and Barak valley district of Karimganj.
The BSF official said from January no trace of any Bangladesh connection to this fake currency note printing or circulation was found, which led the security forces and police official to believe that the counterfeit notes were not being printed in the neighboring country.
He said notes with face value of Rs 7,08,510 were recovered from agents or dealers of this illegal trade in such raids.
The official also said though the printing facilities in Bangladesh had wound up, some Bangladeshis were still involved in this trade. This was evident when four Bangladeshis were picked up by police and the BSF in Aizawl and Karimganj districts during the past nine months.
The total arrests since January stand at 11. Along with them three Bangladeshis were also caught.
He said the biggest haul was on April 14 when three Indians with fake notes with a street value of Rs 2,35,510 were arrested from Karimganj district.
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