New Delhi, Dec 23 (Agency) Two men, allegedly involved in supplying fake Indian Currency, were arrested from Kalkaji. Both have already supplied over Rs 2 crore fake currencies in Delhi during the last two years, police said on Thursday. Both, Feroj Sheikh (42) and Muffazul Sheikh (52), are native of West Bengal and have been in this syndicate for a long time. Jasmeet Singh, DCP, Special Cell, said fake currency of Rs 8 lakh in denomination of Rs 2000 was seized. This currency was being routed in India from Bangladesh borders through Malda district of West Bengal. On Tuesday, a specific information was received that Firoj would deliver a big consignment fake currency to Muffajul Sheikh near Kalkaji Mandir Bus Stand on Maa Anand Mayi Marg.
Then police laid a trap near the area, at about 9:15 pm, Feroj Sheikh with a bag arrived near the bus stand. After 10 minutes thereof, Muffazul Sheikh came to the same place. When they were exchanging the bags, both were apprehended by the police team. Singh said that Feroj told police that he had procured a consignment of recovered fake currency from Salaam of Murshidabad in West Bengal. Both had come to Delhi to deliver counterfeit notes to one of their contacts in Delhi. The police said that during the investigation of various cases of big seizures of counterfeit notes in Kathmandu, Nepal, Bangladesh and in India after demonetization, it has been strongly suspected that big consignments of fake currency is first brought in Nepal and Bangladesh from Pakistan through gulf countries by air and then it is smuggled in India through porous international borders of Nepal and Bangladesh by the members of global syndicates. Their counterparts and contacts in India further supply the fake notes in parts of the country through pre-existing networks.