1 convicted in fake notes case

Bengaluru: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has held a man guilty in a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case reported from north Karnataka and awarded him five-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5,000.
In March 2018, the NIA arrested six suspects on charges of smuggling counterfeit currency into the country from Bangladesh through Chikkodi in Belagavi district.The convict is Kasuri alias Shahnawaz alias Shanu alias Khan alias Ishak Shaikh.
Three other accused in the case — Ashok Mahadev Kumbar, Dalim Mia alias Jalim and Shukruddin Shek alias Sukruddin Ansari — were convicted in December 2020. Trial is under way in case of Rajendra Patil alias Desai and Gangadhar Kolkar alias Gangappa Kolakar.
“The case relates to recovery of FICN of Rs 82,000 face value from convict Kumbar. Investigation revealed he had got it from Dalim Mia. Fake notes were smuggled into India at the Bangladesh border by Shukruddin Shek...” said a press note by NIA.