# Two held with ₹1 lakh fake currency smuggled from West Bengal 2026-08-08T19:01:03+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested two men in Lucknow on Friday for smuggling counterfeit Indian currency worth ₹1,00,500 from the India-Bangladesh border, Hindustan Times reports. The accused, Azim Khan and Raja alias Sameerul from Kasganj district, were carrying 201 fake ₹500 notes. The ATS said the notes appeared high-quality based on RBI parameters, but further forensic tests are needed to confirm their origin. The agency suspects the men are part of a network transporting fake currency from West Bengal’s Malda district into Uttar Pradesh. Investigators are questioning them about their contacts in West Bengal, the source of the currency, and transportation routes. An FIR has been registered and the probe is looking into whether the network has links to organised crime or anti-national activities. ## Coverage - hindustantimes.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: ATS, counterfeit notes, fake currency, smuggling, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/two-held-with-rs1-lakh-fake-currency-smuggled-from-west-bengal/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/two-held-with-rs1-lakh-fake-currency-smuggled-from-west-bengal/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/