Officials announced on Tuesday that a special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Patna had sentenced two important defendants in the Bihar “fake Indian currency notes” case to seven years of lenient imprisonment (RI) and fines in separate cases.
Abi Mohammad Ansari, hailing from Nepal’s Bara district, has been convicted and awarded 7 years RI and Rs 5000 under Section 120B of IPC, with a similar quantum of punishment and fine also awarded under sections 489B and 489C of IPC and 16, 18, 20 of UA(P) Act. “The sentences will run concurrently,” NIA said.
He is the second defendant found guilty in the case involving the discovery of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in East Champaran, Bihar. The premium FICN, with a face value of Rs. 2543,000 and a denomination of Rs. 500, was seized on September 30, 2015. The other convicted offender, Mohd. Ali Akhtar Ansari, was detained on that day when he went to M/s Gati Kintetsu Express Private Limited in Raxaul to pick up the counterfeit money.
Ansari allegedly revealed that the seized currency notes were fake and had been brought into India illegally during the course of the NIA’s investigations. He went on to say that it was his responsibility to deliver the package to Abi Mohammad, also known as Nabi Mohammad, of Nepal.