Four held with Rs 47 lakh fake notes

“We seized Rs 47.18 lakh of fake notes from the group. Chowdhury,a resident of Nepal is the kingpin. He has several cases against him in the country. He used to bring fake note consignments from Pakistan to Nepal via Bangkok or Malayasia. This time also they used the Nepal-India border to sneak into the country,” said Kumar.

According to STF sources,Chowdhury was a prominent agent of ISI in Nepal who has been assigned the job of pushing fake currency notes to India. He is a close associate of Yunus Ansari,the main operative of ISI and underworld don Dawood in Nepal. Yunus is the son of former Nepalese land reforms and management minister,Salim Miya Ansari.

“We have started investigating into the matter. Chowdhury is wanted in the country in several cases. Moreover,he is a key person of Yunus Ansari,” added Kumar.

A senior STF official said Yunus was arrested by Nepal Police in January,2010 after the CBI wrote to them seeking support in arresting and investigating Yunus. Two Nepalese nationals,who were arrested with fake Indian currency notes in Madhya Pradesh,a few months ago,had mentioned Yunus as the main person behind fake currency deals in Nepal and India.

“We are concerned about the advanced quality of the fake currency notes. They have made them of such a good quality that it is very tough to distinguish between fake and original currency notes,” said Kumar.

“This type of high quality fake notes and that too in a large quantity cannot be produced without the help of ISI and LeT. We are probing,” added Kumar.