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Rush Hours at Malls, Cattle Markets

Fake note racketeers on the prowl for prey

Aman ur Aman, Kushtia
The racketeers of counterfeit currency in south-western region have become active ahead of Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja.
At least 200 fake currency traders belonging to 20 gangs are working in Kushtia, Jhenidah, Meherpur, Chuadanga, Magura, Narail, Jessore, Khulna, Satkhira and Bagerhat districts of Khulna division and Rajbari of Dhaka division, said police officials referring to information extracted from Sahidul Islam, arrested at Goalondo with 20 counts of Tk 1000 fake notes on September 20 night.
Hailing from Dewgram village in Kahalu upazila of Bogra, Sahidul is leader of a 20-member fake currency traders' gang active in Rajbari and adjacent Kushtia district.
Goalondo ferry ghat (terminal) in
Rajbari sees laige-scale dealing of fake notes as a large number of cattle are sold there and then ferried to Dhaka, sources said.
Police are investigating the matter following information from the arrested racketeer, said Taptun Nasrin, superintendent of police in Rajbari.
Criminals often choose festival periods for circulating fake notes, as shopping centres and markets witness huge rush and the busy people often fail to check the notes for authenticity.
Ahead of Eid and Puja festivals, the racketeers had started spreading fake notes at different markets through their agents, while a section of unscrupulous bank officials, local criminals and even some corrupt public representatives are allegedly involved in the act, police said.
Such racketeers often use local
gangs to run the trade, said Sohel Reza, additional police superintendent (Crime) in Kushtia.
A number of traders alleged that they have got forged notes of 100, 500 and 1,000 takas.
This correspondent got a Tk 500 fake note from an ATM booth of a private bank in Kushtia town where he withdrew Tk 30,000 last week.
Contacted,SM Moniruzzaman, deputy inspector general of police of Khulna Range, told this correspondent over phone a few days ago," I have directed the superintendents of police in the division to take necessary steps in this regard and additional forces have been deployed at different vulnerable places, especially cattle markets and shopping malls, to check trading of fake notes. ”