'Pak distributing fake Indian currency'

Last Updated: Saturday, March 05, 2011, 23:57

Tags: Pakistan, High Commissions, Fake Indian currency

Zeenews Bureau

New Delhi: A “million intelligence inputs” reportedly point at the involvement of the Pakistan High Commissions in Dhaka and Kathmandu in distributing Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN).

According to a secret 65-page Government report cited by an Indian daily, officials in the High Commissions are also responsible for manufacturing FICN.

The Government has for the first time revealed that FICN worth Rs 16,000 crore are in “circulation”.

The report further links the FICN distribution to at least 15 cases of terrorist funding. It reveals how David Headley confessed to having been provided with Rs 2.5 lakh in fake Indian notes in Pakistan for an Indian trip to conspire the Mumbai terror attack.

The report holds Pakistan responsible for running a “sophisticated business enterprise covering many countries”.

It lists 11 officials supposedly of the Pakistan Government either linked to the ISI or the High Commission, said the daily.

The report contains a list of 28 key “FICN network operator gangs” in Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bangkok which are “so well established that they could also be used for arranging hide-outs, for easy and secure communication channels to subversives and safe launch-pads for espionage agents”.

More than 35 percent of FICN seizures of above Rs 10 lakh over a five-year period have been “directly” sourced from Pakistan, adds the report.

“Regular intelligence feeds are available with numerous references to the FICN trade in Bangladesh and Nepal where minion of the Pakistan High Commission and its officials (by name), facilitating the trade, are common...there are impeccable inputs to suggest that in Dhaka, FICN is supplied by the ‘Embassy’ and transported by the ‘Embassy vehicle'.”

Some of the “officials” mentioned in the report are Brigadier Shaukat Mahmood Sufi, a “senior Pak ISI officer coordinating the entire programme”, Rattan, an official at the Pak High Commission (PHC) in Dhaka, and Aftab Afzal, a visa counsellor at PHC in Dhaka.

“On account of increasing difficulties in pushing FICN through Bangladesh and Nepal into India, network operators are (now) exploring the Pakistan-Guangzhou-India route using commercial containers. They assess that increasing trade between India and China has led to a large number of containers arriving by the sea route in India,” says the report.

First Published: Saturday, March 05, 2011, 23:57

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Akshay - UAE
India is a soft state who also have no courage to raise such issue with their counterpart in Pakistan. Politicians have no time than filling their bank lockers with corrupt money. I agree that it`s a Do or Die situation, but can not help as we still prefer to be termed as soft state.

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Dr Ankur Goswami - New Delhi
Well, we need to think seriously about FICN being chiefly promoted by Pakistan The following points may be of some value:
1) Stop scolding Indian Muslims. You can’t take India to a superpower state leaving aside its one third Muslim populations. The intention and identity of those speaking too much against Indian Muslims need to be carefully examined.
2) India must employ sophisticated technology (as in Canada) to give a complete full stop to the racket.
3) Laws need to be modified to act swiftly and for terminal punishment of such criminal.
4) Surgical strikes can be made by missile, air force, commandos to pin point locations of such infrastructure to destroy it. It is the most controversial and difficult experiment for India, but if we look at the way Israel works-up in the situations of its national interest we may well have enough ground to do the same. Of course to do it not a one day job, India must be economically and militarily super power and must gain confidence of the existing superpowers apart from keeping enough capability in reserve to counter the dragon if needed.

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niki - toronto, canada
lesson for india from canada which recently has used nearly counterfeit proof technolgy to add multiple security features in its high value tender notes using different technologies on a note. This may be expensive technologies but considering the cost of counterfiet money laundering, it may well be worth a feasibility or viability study of risks/expenses versus rewards. long live india.

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Paresh Joshi - Mumbai
Why are we persuing these pakis. Even if this useless government manages to catch hold of people who are doing it, they will spend 15 years for trial where these pakis will be treated with all the biryanis and kababs they demand. They will be given access to paki diplomats and even counted in census. Then even if our courts do anounce the punishment this government will not have the guts to implement it for votes. So why blame pakis when we have weak PM and selfish ministers.
P K Joshi

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P Setra - USA
`Do unto others as you wish to be done to you`
Let Pak taste the same. Their leaders/military seems to be too short sighted.
The terrorism has already backfired on Pak.
Is economy doing so well, that they can afford it? It could switch to reverse gear, because it is already moving at snails pace. Why are they asking for it?

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Sumesh - UK
We know who is doing what and how much amount but still our government cannot do anything,no one can help India and soon Indian politicians will make India same like Iraq and Afghanistan.Indians live in a false world thinking that Indian culture and democracy is the best.

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Rajesh - Mumbai
A Chain of forces at least 10000 to be raised especialy for controlling the fake currency circulation. It has to be seen on top of all crimes, which is hurting indian developments. Find the chain of these circulating agency and gurme guske katam karo yar

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jagannathan - new delhi
While India tolerates all nuisances from Pakistan including FICN. Why can`t India cripple Pakistan`s economy?

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HARBANS LAL YADAV - NOIDA
Why This corrupt Govt. outsourced printing the High Value Currency notesto foreign country when PC was Fin Min and May be for this good work he became Home Min. The purpose could be very clear - FICN printed should be brought in. AND MOTIVE WAS TO ACCOMPLISH ONE POINT MISSION - GET MUSLIM VOTES. WE ALL KNOW WHERE ALL THIS FICN WAS & IS BEING DISTRIBUTED. AREN`T WE WAITING FOR THE DOOM`S DAY??

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Fakhruddin - kuwait
I Donno why people bring in Indian muslims whenever there is discussion of Pakistan. If Pakistanis are making fake Indian currency and no action is taken against them by govt then why Indian Muslims will be happy..?? what Indian muslims are getting out of it..?? why still some people have such narrow thinking..?? Why still they don`t consider Indian muslims as Indians only...