Agartala, Sep 5 : The CBI is all set to seek help from the Interpol to apprehend 14 more accused persons including kingpin of the fake drafts racket that rattled the Tripura’s banking service about two years back.
Investigation so far revealed that, Kamal Hassan and his thirteen associates – all are citizens of Comilla district in Bangladesh, had distributed fake drafts to their Indian counterparts.
Interpol’s help is must if CBI wants to arrest the fourteen accused criminals staying in Bangladesh, sources said.
Though there is no extradition treaty between India and Bangladesh, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was singed in Dhaka recently to nab criminals from both sides.
A four-member CBI team led by Inspector Sanjoy Sen arrived here on Wednesday to inquire the fake drafts scam. They started investigation on how the Union Bank of India passed fake drafts amounting to Rs. 1.80 crore in 2006. Altogether 59 persons were identified as accused in the fake draft rackets of Alraji Banking Corporation and out of them 14 are from Bangladeshi. As the scam’s root is extended to Bangladesh, the state police authorities have handed over the case to CBI on June 22.
CBI suspects that all the fake drafts were computer generated high-resolution copies of original drafts were sent to Indian racketeers from Bangladesh. Several banks in the state had received 161 fake drafts in 2006. CBI sleuths are likely to visit Sonamura, Kanchanpur, Udaipur and Kailashahar subdivision to collect inputs on the fake drafts scam.
On Monday police arrested two persons from Kailashahar subdivision for possessing fake drafts. Based on specific information, police swung into action and arrested Md. Ambar Ali (45) of Magurali and Md. Kuddus Ali (35) of Kailasahar on Monday.
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