Investigations into the recovery of `2.25 crores fake currency by the Delhi police’s special cell have revealed that the consignment was sent in a truck by Pakistan-based Iqbal Kana through Poonch border in Jammu and Kashmir from where it was procured and brought to the national capital by two Kashmiri men who have been arrested in the case.
Top security sources said the accused identified as Yakub Ali and Ghulam Ahmed who were arrested in Jammu on last Tuesday had allegedly received the currency consignment on the directions of Iqbal Kana, the Pakistan-based counterfeiter who was allegedly in touch with them through phone. The two were running a private company which provided them cover for carrying out terror activities.
“The fake currency filled truck had undergone proper search at Poonch border but the security agencies were not able to detect the notes which were carefully wrapped in bundles of clothes. Yakub had received a call from Iqbal Kana to receive the consignment, a day before the truck was sent, and send it to Delhi from where it was probably meant to be delivered to people for distribution during elections in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh,” a source said.
Sources said the two accused have also disclosed that 15-16 such truck consignments filled with fake currency have been sent from Pakistan into India over the last one year through Poonch border. It is, however, not clear where the currency is lying or whether it has been distributed.
Four persons have been so far arrested by special cell in the case which was a major recovery and perhaps the single largest haul made by any security agency in the country. The police is now looking for one Hassan, who allegedly went to Pakistan to meet Kana and procured the fake currency. On January 12, the special cell had seized the fake currency consignment from two tempos in Dabri in south-west Delhi.