Kasargod: Fake Notes Racket Chief Held in Dubai
Daijiworld Media Network – Kasargod (SP)
Kasargod, Mar 8: Abdul Rehman Haji (55) from Hosdurg Kolavayal in the district, who is said to be the chief operator of a cartel engaged in supplying fake notes printed in Pakistan to districts in Kerala and Karnataka, has been arrested by the Dubai police, it is learnt. Haji was in hiding in Dubai.
The Dubai policemen had taken the accused into custody relating to a case. During verification, they found that the passport he possesses happens to be fake. When they contacted Indian embassy and sought more details, they realized that the man in their custody was operating a huge fake currency racket.
It may be recalled that National Investigation Agency (NIA), to which a case relating to confiscation of fake currency notes worth ten lac rupees by the policemen of Taliparamba station recently, was entrusted, were trying to lay their lands on Abdul Rehman Haji. NIA had found that Abdul Haji has been sending fake currency notes into India from a hideout in Ajman in UAE, and that the funds so created not only served to upset the financial stability of the country, but they were also used to fund terrorist organizations. A team of NIA had also been deputed to UAE to search him after finding that he had sought shelter there. However, the accused had succeeded in giving them a slip.
Haji, who was jailed in connection with the recovery of ten tonnes of silver at Aroor in 1992, had fled to the Gulf after getting released. NIA has now set the ball rolling to get his custody from the Dubai police.
Abdul is also an accused in the consignment of fake notes worth Rs 20 lac, which was sent to Kozhikode airport from Dubai on April 20, 2007, and another consignment of Rs 15 lac on June 19. Warrant of arrest against him had also been issued under Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA), 1974. It is said that he also operates with the name, ‘Muttattala Haji’. He also faces a bank fraud case in Kochi, and a case of illegal fake note trafficking in Mangalore.