Dhaka, January 30: Pakistani intelligence is involved in marketing counterfeit currency in India and Bangladesh to patronise militant groups like LeT for their cross-border operations, a media report here claimed today.
Quoting Bangladeshi police and intelligence agencies, the mass circulation Prothom Alo newspaper said several detained suspected members involved in such activities said a Pakistani intelligence agency patronised them and their operations were being regulated from Karachi.
“The (Bangladeshi) intelligence officials identified one ‘Majumdar’ as the coordinator of their operations in Bangladesh (and) a manhunt is underway to arrest him,” the report said.
Dhaka Police Commissioner AKM Shahidul Haque said he suspected that a large part of the counterfeit currency was being used to patronise militant groups like Lashar-e-Toiba.
Deputy Commissioner of the detective branch of police Monirul Islam also said that through extensive interrogation of the detained members they now suspected the involvement of Pakistani intelligence.
–Agencies