Bongaigaon district police seized huge cache of fake currency notes
BONGAIGAON: Following information, Bongaigaon district police seized a huge cache of fake currency notes on Saturday. This incident took place in Tupkachar area under Mererchar PS of Bongaigaon district on Friday night, police seized fake currency notes of value Rs 1,86,800. Swapnaneel Deka, Bongaigaon Superintendent of Police, said that police conducted raid in the house of a local named Abu Bakkar Siddiqi. “We recovered the money but Abu Bakkar Siddiqi managed to flee. We will nab him soon,” the SP said.
The SP added that a fake currency note racket was active in the border areas of Bongaigaon and Barpeta districts. “We have started investigation and we hope to bust the racket soon,” he said.
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