Fake Currency Racket: Bantwal Man Held; Notes Supplied by Native of Udupi
Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (PS)
Kasargod, Aug 23: A resident of Bantwal has been on charges of supplying counterfeit notes to Abdul Jabbar of Kodakkad who was arrested for buying jewellery worth Rs 1.89 lac from Malbar Gold showroom in Kanhagad with fake notes.
The arrested has been identified as Usman (30) of Bantwal. It may be recalled that Kasargod police were in Mangalore hunting for the man who had supplied the notes to Jabbar, identified as Moidin Haji of Udupi.
Abdul Jabbar and Usman
Police said that Usman had admitted during interrogation that a certain Moidu alias Mohiuddin (also known as Moidin Haji), a native of Udupi who is currently in Dubai, provided him the fake notes.
Usman, a friend of Moidu went to Dubai a month ago, and came back to India two weeks back. While leaving from Dubai, Moidu reportedly gave a bag to Usman and insisted that he hand it over to a person who would meet him on his arrival at Mangalore Airport.
Circle inspector K Sunil Kumar said that Usman in his statement during interrogation said that the person who received the baggage at the airport was unknown to him. Kumar said that further details will be revealed only after the arrest of Moidu.
District police superintendent S Surendran said that a special team comprising circle inspectors of Nileshwar, Kasargod and Kanhagad has been formed under the guidance of DySP to investigate the fake note racket.
The investigating team also unearthed information that the counterfeit currency racket is active in Mangalore and a group from that city has been supplying fake notes to Kasargod.
Abdul Jabbar has been remanded in five days of police custody. Police had sought his custody for further investigation. Police said that Abdul Jabbar's statements during interrogation could lead to a major breakthrough in the case.