Overview

• Sandeshkhali police recovered stacks of counterfeit ₹500 notes totaling ₹9 crore at the Dhamakhali ferry ghat, marking the largest seizure to date in North 24 Parganas.
• Authorities found that each bundle was concealed by placing genuine notes at the ends with high-quality counterfeits in between, and they also seized a punching machine and Nepalese currency.
• A local shopkeeper’s suspicion during a routine purchase triggered the raid, leading officers to track the suspects to a nearby guest house.
• The arrested men—identified as Sirajuddin Mollah and Debabrata Chakraborty—have been remanded to 12 days of police custody for detailed interrogation.
• Officials are mapping their financial and network ties across India and probing possible links to arms financing and broader counterfeit rackets.