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MANGALDAI: Prompt alertness of four unarmed Home Guard Jawans on night duty in Mangaldai town has led to the arrest of five notorious criminals and subsequent seizure of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) equivalent to 15 lakhs in the denomination of 500 at the midnight of May 20 at about 1.30 am. As reported, two Home Guard Jawans namely Alkibar Rahman and Hitesh Medhi on seeing a Maruti Swift car bearing registration number AS O1 AF 9389 moving in a suspicious manner in the midnight at Chapai Chowk here, tried to halt it which the driver of the car defied and sped away towards Mangaldai town. On receipt of the information two Home Guard jawans namely Ibrahim Ali and Suruj Ali intercepted the car at Karimchowk in Mangaldai town and brought the vehicle and four persons travelling in the car to the police station.
On thorough search of the car, Police recovered thirty packets of FICN amounting to a total of 15 lakh. Significantly all the packets, white paper cut in the exact size of 500 denomination were covered and wrapped by two FICN in the denomination of 500 which were concealed under the floor mat.
The arrested criminals were identified as Sahidur Mandal of Kaimbatapara village and Shahad Ali of Puskanipara under Phulbari Police Station, Rubibul Hussain of Nayagaon (Gumaijohora) of Selsella and Manowar Hussain of Askikandi -all of West Garo Hills in Meghalaya.
The same Home Guards Jawans this afternoon arrested another gang member Nawab Sharif Akand of Choto Pathakata under South Salmara Police Station in South Salmara district of Assam while he was loitering in front of Mangaldai Police Station to gather information of the arrested criminals. The police have been continuing the interrogation to find out more information.
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