New Delhi: NIA in its charge sheet against a Bihar resident, who was arrested last year with 50 lakhs worth of counterfeit notes, has also named a Dubai based Pakistani businessman Safi alias Chacha for smuggling counterfeit Indian currency notes by using human couriers to India.
Ekramul Ansari was arrested at the Delhi airport in April last year. The authorities had recovered 4,988 fake currency notes of Rs 1,000 denomination from his luggage.
“Ansari is among the many human carriers used by chacha for smuggling counterfeit notes into India.” said an NIA official.
The NIA is investigating this case since June last year. Chacha uses needy Indian workers in Dubai to send the high quality fake notes into India. He offers a commission of 1% of the fake currency; the human courier carries with himself along with the airfares (return included). NIA has declared Chacha a proclaimed offender
The counterfeit notes were neatly concealed in a sealed card board box laden with detergent powder. The chargesheet also says, Ansari came in touch with Chacha in April-May 2013. Ansari also admitted that he had smuggled in a similar consignment a month before his arrest.
The charge sheet says "He used to procure the FICN (fake Indian currency notes) and send the same from Dubai to India through different persons of India and Nepal, paying them handsomely,"
Ansari who had not received his salary for past few months found a saviour in chacha who offered a helping hand and in return asked him to do a favour.
The NIA said, Chacha provided return air tickets to Ansari from Dubai to Delhi and Delhi to Patna, along with a bag containing the fake currency.
