Chennai: In a major breakthrough, CB-CID sleuths tracking the counterfeit currency racket arrested Abdul Razak, the kingpin who controls the racket from Malda on the Indo — Bangladesh border. Razak was produced at a local court there and is being brought to Chennai.
According to sources, a special team from CB-CID operating in West Bengal apprehended Razak, who is known to have had links with those who were apprehended when the fake currency racket was busted in the city in June this year.
In the course of securing the suspect in eastern India, the police team escaped an attack by local residents who came at them with fire arms. However, another suspect, Fakruhul Islam, could not be traced.
The CB-CID team had been working on the case for the last four months after it arrested Rafiq, 29, and Shahul Hameed, 25, in Chennai with counterfeit notes of a face value of Rs 8.9
lakh.
A country-made pistol and two magazines of bullets along with counterfeit notes had also been seized from them.
