Over Rs 6.5 lakh in fake currency seized in Bengal, two arrested
Kolkata: personnel seized Fake Indian Currency Notes of the face value of Rs. 6.5 lakh and arrested two smugglers, including a woman, in West Bengal's Malda district on Sunday, the last day of the year, a BSF official said.
Acting on a tip off, the Border Security Force (BSF) troopers from Malda district headquarter laid a special ambush in Kaliachak and Baliyadanga crossing and apprehended the two smugglers on Sunday morning.
"Two smugglers named Ainul Haque, 39, and Renu Mondal, 40, travelling on a motor cycle, were apprehended at around 5.45 a.m.. The trooper seized 325 fake Rs 2,000 notes of the face value of Rs 6.5 lakh from the arrested woman.
"The apprehended smugglers and the seized FICN have been handed over to Malda's Kaliachak police station for further legal actions," he added.
The BSF's South Bengal frontier has seized FICN of the face value of Rs 62.38 lakh and arrested 11 FICN racketeers so far in 2017.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
French President Macron concludes Mumbai visit
Mumbai (PTI): French President Emmanuel Macron, along with First Lady Brigitte Macron, left Mumbai for New Delhi on Wednesday after concluding his engagements here, including bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
They were seen off at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport by Maharashtra Governor Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.
On Tuesday, Macron held discussions with Modi as part of efforts to further strengthen India-France strategic ties.
During the Mumbai visit, the French president and his wife also met some of India's top filmmakers and actors, and had an animated exchange with them about cinema, culture and collaboration.
President Macron is on an official visit to India from February 17 to 19 at the invitation of PM Modi to participate in the AI Impact Summit hosted by India in the national capital Delhi, besides the bilateral summit in Mumbai.
PM Modi will inaugurate the summit on February 19. As many as 20 heads of states, including French President Macron, will be present at the inaugural session, Electronics and IT Secretary S Krishnan said.
