DHAKA: Police arrested the suspected kingpin of foreign currency counterfeiters and terror financiers and aide to JMB leader Saidur Rahman.

The arreste+d person was identified as Solaiman Majumder, 33, hailed from Dhanaitari of Comilla.
 
Sources said a police squad led by assistant commissioner of DB Mohammad Golam Azad Khan ran in Solaiman from Banasri residential area of the city on Tuesday evening.

Police said forged Indian currency worth Rs 53,500 was seized from his possession.

“Solaiman has done the business of counterfeit currency with his associates for a long time,” police said and sued him with Rampura thana.

The suspected was presented before journalists at the DB office on Wednesday noon. Deputy Commissioner (south) of metropolitan DB police Monirul Islam told the journalists that police arrested Solaiman based on information from detained JMB leader Saidur Rahman.

“A lion’s share of the sales proceedings from counterfeit currencies have been spent for funding the militants,” he said, based on the confessions.

Police said Solaiman had regular communication with Saidur Rahman. Police held him earlier this year and he again started the illegal activities after release from jail.

Monirul Islam said the recovered fake money is not made in Bangladesh.

There were 8/10 members of the gang and police already arrested five of them.

Replying to a question of journalists whether Solaiman has connections with the currency smugglers based at the airport, Monirul Islam said they would appeal for taking Solaiman on 10 days remand. And the matter would be cleared after interrogation.

A case would be filed against him on charge of having connection with the Islamist outfit, JMB, after analyzing information.

BDST: 1750 HRS, SEPT 22, 2010