Police Arrests Five With Fake Banknotes - Dhaka
Detective Branch of police on Saturday arrested five people, including the mastermind, Liakat Hossain Zakir, and four women with fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore at a fake currency factory in Kadamtali area of capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 8, 2024. A DB team of the Lalbagh Division raided the fake currency factory at a house from about 9:00am to 12 noon in the area. DB officials said that they had recovered fake banknotes worth Tk 1.5 crore and materials for making Tk 3 crore fake currencies from two houses, including special papers and cloths, special colours, four laptops, four printers, white papers, heaters, scales and paper-cutters. They said that the ring was making fake currency targeting Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals for Muslims. Zakir has been doing retail and wholesale business of fake currency for the past 25 years and he is an expert in making fake taka and rupees, according to the DB. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM
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- 2024/6/08 00:00:00
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