In a successful operation, the Sonamura police of Sepahijala district has on Wednesday arrested another kingpin of an international fake currency racket and with this arrest, altogether four persons were arrested for spreading Indian fake currency in the markets.
Giving details, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonamura police station, Tapash Das based on a complaint , registered at Sonamura police station on March 27, 2026 last after a man was detained at ‘Seven Heavan’ shopping mall in the town with 16 Indian fake currencies of rupees 500 denomination, police had earlier arrested three persons, involved in the international fake currency network.
He said that on Wednesday, police had managed to arrest the kingpin of the racket, identified as Jasim Hussain of Madhuban area of the same police station, who was actively involved with their counterparts in neighbouring Bangladesh for spreading Indian fake currency.
The OC added that all the case details and information over the investigation of the fake currency network has been shared with state and country’s Intelligence agencies and police along with agencies that are not jointly investigating the case. Das added that so far police have arrested four miscreants involved in the racket including the kingpin and more arrests are expected to be held in coming days.