Visakhapatnam: The NIA special court in Visakhapatnam has sentenced three persons to rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a fake currency case.
The accused identified as Firoj Saikh, Tajamul Saikh and Enamul Haque, have been sentenced to a total of seven years of RI in the 2018 case relating to seizure of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) having face value of Rs10,20,000.
The seizure was made from two accused, Md Mahaboob Baig alias Azhar Baig and Syed Imran, who were travelling on the Howrah-Hyderabad East Coast express. On being interrogated, they revealed the involvement of Firoj, Tajamul, and Enamul.
NIA investigations revealed all five accused were involved in a large-scale racket of smuggling counterfeit currency. Mahaboob and Imran were convicted earlier, on June 26, 2019, and sentenced to ten-year RI for their role in the conspiracy.
In its sentence on Friday against the other three, the NIA special court sentenced Firoz and Enamul each to seven years of RI and fine of Rs10,000 under section 489-B of IPC.
All the three accused will have to suffer an additional time of two-and-a-half years in jail in case of default in fine payment.
