Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered prosecution against two persons allegedly arrested with fake currency in 2015.
According to a government order, on 10 July 2015, a Police Party of SOG was conducting patrolling duty Bus Stand Jammu and on reaching at K.C Chowk, BC Road, they found two unknown persons carrying a bag each, who on seeing the Police tried to escape from there. The Police tactfully apprehended them who disclosed their names as Abdul Rashid son of Mohammad Shaban of Satkipura Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag District and Abdul Gani Sheikh son of Ghulam Qadir of Gundow in District Doda.
“On conducting their personal search a black coloured bag on which “AIR PASSSAGE” was written in English containing 250 Indian Currency Notes of 1000/1000 denomination was recovered from the possession of Abdul Rashid and a white coloured bag on which “WEST LOOK” was written in English containing 100 Indian Currency Notes of 500/500 denomination was recovered from the possession of Abdul Gani.”
On being asked they disclosed that all the notes of Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500 are fake and they have bought it from Kolkata (W.B). A case (FIR No. 29/2015) U/S 489-B/489-C/RPC was registered in Police Station, Bus Stand, Jammu and investigation taken up, reads the order.
The opinion FSL received revealed that the seized currency is made of high quality fake notes, it said.
“During the course of further investigation, the accused duo disclosed the name of other three persons –Maid-ul-Islam son of Abdul Zabbar of West Bengal, Mohd Iqbal son of Mohd Sharief of Gurakhar Doda and Mushtaq Ahmad of Janglat Colony, Anantnag who have been party to the crime. They further revealed that Mohammad Iqbal had deputed them to West Bengal and had provided them some money alongwith his own ATM card with the directions to meet Maid-ul-Islam in West Bengal and collect fake currency notes and that if additional is required, the same can be withdrawn from the said ATM Card which was recovered from the possession of accused Abdul Gani.” On this both the accused went to West Bengal and collected fake currency from Maid-ul-Islam as per the directions of Mohd Iqbal, order reads.
Accordingly accused namely Mohd Iqbal son of Mohd Sharief of Gurakhar Doda was arrested in the case who revealed his link with three accused persons and that he has given his ATM card to accused Abdul Gani Sheikh for withdrawal of money if needed for the purchase of fake currency.
Further investigation conducted revealed that the accused namely Abdul Gani Sheikh son of Ghulam Qadir of Gandoh District Doda, Abdul Rashid son of Mohd Shahban of Satkipura Bijbehara, Mohd Iqbal son of Mohd Sharief of Gurakhar Doda have liaised with one Maid-ul-Islam of West Bengal and Mushtaq Ahmed of Junglat Colony, Anantnag in bringing FICN to the state and are involved in deferring/weakening the Indian economy. “The name of accused Mushtaq Ahmad R/o Janglat Colony, Anantnag was dropped from the list of accused as no such person with such name and address existed in District Anantnag as was verified from the concerned Police Station and the Report/documents obtained were made part of the CD file,” it said, adding, “During the course of investigation, Questionnaires were served to all the three arrested accused persons who didn’t bother to reply till date.”
The Investigation conducted prima facie established the commission of offences punishable u/s 489-B/489-C RPC 15 (1) (III-a)/RW 16/17 of ULAP Act against two accused persons namely Abdul Gani Sheikh of Doda and Abdul Rashid of Bijbehara Anantnag and offence u/s 109 RPC has been proved against the accused persons namely Mohd Iqbal of Doda and Miad-ul-Islam of West Bengal. “Miad-ul-Islam is absconding as he could not be traced in West Bengal and against whom proceedings u/s 512 have been initiated.”
The order said that the Authority appointed by the State Government under sub-section (2) of section 45 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, has independently scrutinized the Case Diary file and all the other relevant documents relating to the case and has come to a definite conclusion that this was a fit case for accord of prosecution sanction against the accused persons and according sanction was accorded for launching prosecution against Abdul Gani Sheikh and Abdul Rashid for the commission of offences punishable U/S 15(l)a (111-a) r/w 16/17(b) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 arising out of FIR No.29/2015 of P/S Bus Stand, Jammu.
