Malda’s Baishnabnagar police arrested one person with fake Indian currency notes (FICN) amounting to Rs 1.5 lakh on Saturday night.
Police sources said that Muslemin Sheikh, a resident of Krishnapur, was intercepted on a rural road and searched based on a tip-off. Fake currency notes in denominations of Rs 500, were recovered from him.
In the past one-and-a-half months, this is the fifth seizure of FICN in Malda district. Earlier, similar seizures were made from areas of Englishbazar and Kaliachak police stations.
Gambling arrest
Acting on a tip-off, a police team of Mekhliganj in Cooch Behar district raided a park in Mekhliganj town and arrested five persons allegedly for gambling on Saturday night.
Among those arrested — Tanmay Sutradhar, Ashikar Rahaman, Shyamal Barman, Sushanta Roy and Mrityunjoy Roy — three have political links.
Tanmay is the president of the BJP’s Yuva Morcha in Mekhliganj town, Mrityunjoy is a Trinamul member of the local panchayat samiti and Ashikar is the BJP president of Mekhliganj town committee, said sources.
