Mumbai: The special NIA court on Wednesday sentenced Karnataka resident Ishak Khan to five years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty of charges linking him to the racket involved in preparation and circulation of fake currency notes.
Khan was arrested by the National Investigation Agency on October 8, 2020 after he was traced to prison in Kolkatta. The case was originally registered by the Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad in 2019.
As per the prosecution case, Khan was one of the three accused arrested in the case, relating to recovery of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of face value of Rs.82,000 in denomination of Rs 500 in 2019. The currency was recovered from the house of one of the accused, Jasim alias Wasim Salim Shaikh, who was arrested by the Mumbra police. Shaikh’s questioning led the police to the arrest of Karnataka-based Radhakrishna Addappa. The duo was chargesheeted by the police in August 2019.
The case was later on taken over by the NIA. During the investigation the NIA found that delivery of FICN to Shaikh was coordinated by Khan who was then lodged in Kolkatta Jail in another crime.
Further investigation led to the recovery of documentary and digital evidence, including CDRs of the mobile used for communication and in January 2021, NIA filed a supplementary chargesheet against all three accused.
