6 held with Tk4m fake currency notes in city

Detectives arrested six suspected members of a currency forgery syndicate and seized counterfeit notes worth Tk4 million (40,00,000) from their possession in West Kafrul area of Dhaka city on Saturday night. The arrestees were identified as Hawlader Sohel, Majharul Islam, Mohammad Alamin, Arif Arman alias Mitu, Shafiqul Islam and Sohel Miah. Briefing reporters at DMP media centre on Sunday, Joint Commissioner of DB police Manirul Islam said being tipped-off, a DB team conducted a drive in Taltala of the area at about 8:10pm on Saturday and arrested syndicate leader Howlader Sohel and his associates Majharul Islam, Mohammad Alamin, Arif Arman alias Mitu, Shafiqul Islam and Sohel Miah. Later, they also recovered counterfeit notes of around Tk4m from their possession. The law enforcers also recovered various tools used to produce fake notes from their possession. During preliminary interrogation, Hawlader Sohel confessed that he had been involved in fake currency business for the last 6-7 years, according to a news agency.