In a significant development, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has apprehended a Nepali citizen who had been on the run since 2014 in connection with a case involving counterfeit Indian currency and a Dubai-based Pakistani individual. The arrested individual, Noor Mohammed from Bara district in Nepal, was taken into custody in the Shahpur Patori area of Samastipur, Bihar, where he was wanted under a non-bailable warrant.
NIA had previously filed charges against Noor Mohammed at the special court in Patiala House Courts, New Delhi, back in November 2017. The case, registered in June 2014 under various sections of the IPC and UA (P) Act, stemmed from the recovery of nearly 5,000 high-quality fake Indian currency notes of Rs 1,000 denomination, amounting to Rs 49,88,000, seized at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.
Investigations by the NIA revealed that Noor Mohammed had collaborated with accomplices, including a Pakistani national named Syed Muhammad Shafi, to procure, transport, supply, and circulate the counterfeit currency in India. The agency found evidence suggesting that Noor Mohammed played a key role in facilitating meetings among the accused for the distribution of the fake currency, with the aim of destabilizing the country’s monetary system.
