The NIA Special Court, Ernakulam, on Thursday dismissed the bail plea of Kamaludeen, a key accused in the Kondotty fake Indian currency note (FICN) case. Kamaludeen alias Shobharaj Kamal, 48, Guruvayoor, is the 11th accused in the case.
NIA counsel submitted that Kamaludeen was one of the key person involved in circulating FICNs in the state. He had been absconding for the past several years and had been arrested a few weeks back. The NIA said Kamaludeen was a close associate of Muhammad Dada alias Thahir Merchant, 58, who was involved in 1993 Mumbai blast case.
The NIA had framed charges under 120 (B) of IPC, 489 (B) and 489 (C) IPC r/w 341 IPC and Sections 16, 17 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act against him.
In the chargesheet filed by NIA against Kamaludheen, it was stated that Kamaluddin used to collect genuine money and send it to anti-national and terrorist elements in Pakistan through hawala channels.
Kamaluddin had collected `15.85 lakh and smuggled it to Gulf countries through Muhammad Rafi, another accused in the case.
Three months before FICNs were seized at Karipur international airport, Kamaludeen received FICNs with the face value of `19.95 lakh which was smuggled to India. The fake notes were send by Thahir Merchant through Rafi. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence had seized FICNs for `72.5 lakh from a passenger, Muhammad Alshad, from Ras al-Khaimah at the Karipur airport on August 16, 2008. There were notes of denominations of `1,000 and `500.
Few months later, the case was handed over to the National Investigation Agency. The accused include Pakistani nationals Imtiaz Ibrahim and Iqbal Bhai.
