NIA chargesheets a FICN racketeer in Chikkodi FICN case

New Delhi, September 16

The NIA filed a supplementary chargesheet before the NIA Special Court in Bengaluru against accused the West Bengal accused who was held for posessing fake Indian currency notes in Chikkodi if Karnataka.

The accused was identified as Sariful Islam from Babupura of District Malda in West Bengal. 

The case was initially registered in March 2018 at Chikkodi police station relating to arrest of two FICN racketeers and seizure of FICN of face value of Rs 82,000/-. The NIA had re-registered the case in April 2018 and taken over the investigation. The Special NIA Court Bengaluru had earlier convicted five accused persons in the case for their role in procurement and circulation of FICN and sentenced them to imprisonment for six years.

The NIA's investigation has revealed that arrested accused Sariful Islam alias Sarifulla used to procure FICN from absconding accused Saddam Sekh and Hakim Sekh, who are residents of Bangladesh, for further circulation in Karnataka along with his co- accused persons. 

The NIA is further investigating the case  against the absconding accused Saddam Sekh and Hakim Sekh.