Stephen Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod
Kasargod, Aug 25 : Kasargod police are conducting an in-depth investigation into the fake currency racket scandal in which fake notes to the tune of Rs. 30 lakhs were transported through Mangalore Airport recently. It may be recalled that Kasargod police had arrested the two accused Abdul Jabbar and Usman of Bantwal on Friday, August 23, 2012 in this connection.
Abdul Jabbar and Usman
During the police interrogation, Usman disclosed that he had travelled from Dubai with two luggage bags containing one Rs 24 lakhs bag and another Rs 6 lakhs bag given to him by one Moidin Haji from Dubai. Usman was asked to handover the bags to two people in Kasargod by Moidin Haji. He had already handed over the bag containing Rs. 6 lakhs to one Abdul Jabbar of Kasaragod, Kaidakkadi and another Rs 24 lakhs had been handed over to another person, whose identity he did not divulge.
It has now been realized that dubai-based Moidin Haji has emerged as the main kingpin behind this fake currency racket and the police are said to be on his hunt following these revelations.
Usman will be produced before the court by the police and it is expected that the police will seek his custody for some more days to get more details pertaining this fake currency racket.
Speaking to daijiworld, Kasargod police team has expressed its astonishment and apprehensions on how the duo had managed to come out of the Mangalore Airport with huge bags stashed with fake notes without arousing the suspicion of the customs officials.
The police also suggested that an enquiry against customs officials who were on duty on the day on which Usman believed to have travelled, if whatever he has divulged so far is true.
Meanwhile police investigation has also revealed that the accused had shopped for gold worth Rs. 1.89 lakhs at Malabar Gold in Kanhangad. Police are also interrogating the other accused Abdul Jabbar, to make a thorough investigation into the matter and see the involvement of big names in this fake currency racket.