NIA Court Patna convicts Nepali citizen for trafficking Fake Indian Currency Notes
The case involved the seizure of a parcel containing High-Quality FICN having a face value of around twenty-five Lakhs.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court, Patna on Monday i.e. July 18, 2022, convicted a Nepali citizen for trafficking Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in Bihar’s East Champaran district.
The case involved the seizure of a parcel containing High-Quality FICN having a face value of around twenty-five Lakhs.
The accused Mohd. Ali Akhtar Ansari had come to Raxaul, to take delivery of the said FICN consignment on September 30, 2015, and was subsequently arrested.
Ansari has been convicted under Sections 489B, 489C of IPC and 16 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the quantum of punishment would be pronounced on July 22, 2022.
As per the NIA press release, the Investigations establish that the seized FICN had been smuggled from a foreign country into India and the consignment was to be delivered to the accused Abi Mohammad @ Nabi Mohammad of Nepal.
“It was also revealed that Syed Muhammad Shaffi, a Pakistani national, now residing in UAE, had couriered the parcel from UAE through ICS (International Courier Service),” the NIA press release stated.
After thorough investigations by NIA, two chargesheets were filed in September and October of 2017 against the arrested accused Mohd. Ali Akhtar Ansari and Abi Mohammad @ Nabi Mohammad (Nepalese).