"Besides the fake currency notes worth Tk 10 million, equipment used for printing counterfeit notes have also been seized from them," said RAB's Legal and Media Wing Director Khan. He, however, did not disclose the identity of those arrested including that of the former central bank staffer. Law enforcers have increased surveillance on fake currency rackets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, which will be observed in Bangladesh on Sep 13. In past one month, police have arrested several people with a huge amount of fake notes from different locations in of the country, including Dhaka and Chittagong. On Sep 1, eight persons, who belonged to currency counterfeiting ring, were arrested from the capital's Paltan area with fake notes worth Tk 5.2 million.

Source: bd News24 September 08, 2016 05:37 UTC