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| Shibu Kr Barman, who run the fake currency unit in Guwahati |
A fake currency unit has been unearthed by the the army in the heart of Guwahati.
In exclusive information available with TIMES NOW, Shibu Kr Barman, the accused, had been producing fake notes since the past several years, though he insisted that he had been doing this only since the past seven months or so at this locality of Santipur in West-Guwahati.
"I have been doing this for past 6-7 months, but this machine is very slow...so I could just about print Rs 70,000," Barman told TIMES NOW.
The speed and ease with which Barman demonstrated the process, stunned the army and the police. All he had purchased was a scanner and some glue to produce the counterfeit notes. He gave several consignments to one Abbas Ali, who would then send them to different destinations in the country.
Fake currencies are being confiscated in the North-East at regular intervals by police and security forces, but this is the first time that a manufacturing unit has been unearthed in Guwahati. The army has been working several months to trace Barman. Police now, has launched a hunt to trace his other accomplices.
"This is just a tip of a big racket...I hope the police will investigate more and get to the root of if," Lt Javed of the Indian army, who was involved in the operation told TIMES NOW.
Aware that this may well be just the tip of the Iceberg, the police have picked up the army's trail, given the sinister possibilities of the ULFA's and HuJI's involvement.
By Rajeev Bhattacharya
In exclusive information available with TIMES NOW, Shibu Kr Barman, the accused, had been producing fake notes since the past several years, though he insisted that he had been doing this only since the past seven months or so at this locality of Santipur in West-Guwahati.
"I have been doing this for past 6-7 months, but this machine is very slow...so I could just about print Rs 70,000," Barman told TIMES NOW.
The speed and ease with which Barman demonstrated the process, stunned the army and the police. All he had purchased was a scanner and some glue to produce the counterfeit notes. He gave several consignments to one Abbas Ali, who would then send them to different destinations in the country.
Fake currencies are being confiscated in the North-East at regular intervals by police and security forces, but this is the first time that a manufacturing unit has been unearthed in Guwahati. The army has been working several months to trace Barman. Police now, has launched a hunt to trace his other accomplices.
"This is just a tip of a big racket...I hope the police will investigate more and get to the root of if," Lt Javed of the Indian army, who was involved in the operation told TIMES NOW.
Aware that this may well be just the tip of the Iceberg, the police have picked up the army's trail, given the sinister possibilities of the ULFA's and HuJI's involvement.
By Rajeev Bhattacharya
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