PATNA: A special NIA court at Patna has convicted and sentenced a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) trafficker Mohd Ali Akhtar Ansari for trafficking FICN worth Rs 25 Lakh across India- Nepal border via Raxaul in East Champaran district in September, 2015. A Pakistani national, who presently stays in the UAE, had couriered the parcel containing FICN from UAE.
Ansari was sentenced to 20 years rigorous imprisonment by the NIA court in Patna on Friday. As per a statement issued by the NIA, the sentence was pronounced by its special court for his involvement in proliferation of FICN in India after convicting him on July 18 this year.