Patna, 29 August : The special court of NIA Patna has sentenced the accused to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in the fake note smuggling case in East Champaran. Along with this, a fine of Rs 5,000 has also been imposed on him. His name is Abi Mohammad Ansari, and he is a resident of the Bara district of Nepal.
In this regard, NIA SP Mukesh Singh said on Tuesday morning that on September 30, 2015, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested Mohammad Ali Akhtar Ansari from a courier company named Gati Kintetsu Express Private Limited. On his search, 25 lakh, 43 thousand counterfeit notes of the best quality of Rs 500 were recovered from him. On intensive interrogation, it was found that Ansari was about to deliver this money to Abi Mohammad, alias Nabi Mohammad, a resident of Nepal. Nabi Mohammad was also arrested at his instance.
After further investigation, it was found that a Pakistani national named Syed Mohammad Shafi, who was living in the UAE, had sent this fake note to Raxaul’s courier company through International Courier Service. From there, Mohammad Ali Akhtar Ansari was about to reach the prophet with this note. After getting information about this, the NIA took over the case and registered a fresh FIR on March 15, 2016. After this, separate charge sheets were filed against both of them.
The charge sheet was filed against Ali Akhtar on September 21, 2016 and against Nabi Mohammad on October 14, 2017. Since then, the trial has been going on. On July 18, 2022, Mohammad Ali Akhtar Ansari was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 50,000. Now Nabi has been sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 50,000.
