Bangladesh says Pakistan trying to use its land for smuggling of Fake India Currency Notes in India

Times Now

September 08,2018

New Delhi: Bangladesh Home Minister Asadduzaman Khan admitted that Pakistan was trying to use Bangladesh land for smuggling of fake Indian currency note (FICN). Khan told Times Now that Islamabad is trying to use their land but Dhaka is very careful while giving them a visa. He also said that they are careful about Pakistan citizens who are entering the country. 
Khan said, “We are very careful while giving them a visa and we are careful about Pakistani citizens also who are coming. Let me assure you that Bangladesh will not allow even an inch of land to any foreign country to operate and harm our friendly neighbours. Fake currency notes influx are a problem but we are taking measures to curb them.”
Yesterday, Border Security Forces (BSF) Director General KK Sharma, in a veiled attack Pakistan, accused them of using Bangladesh’s land as a transit route to smuggle fake Indian currency notes. But, he also pointed out the activity has come down since demonetisation. Sharma also told media that in this year, 11 lakh worth FICN have been seized till now.
The notes were easily detectable as they were of poor quality, he said during a joint press conference with Bangladesh counterpart Major General Shafeenul Islam, Director General of Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB). BSF DG said, "The BGB is also very alert and whenever they seize the FICN they try to find out where it is coming from. Mostly we find that Bangladesh territory is being used as a transit route for FICN smuggling.
And, these fake notes come from our other friendly neighbour on the western side," as reported by news agency IANS. "The quantum of smuggled FICN has come down since demonetisation and the quality also is not very good. Only 11 lakhs FICN has been seized this year so far. If we see the entire economy of the country, it is nothing. Earlier, the seizures in the entire years used to be in crores," Sharma added.

 

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