Four Bangladeshis arrested with fake Saudi currency in Assam

Assam police on Sunday arrested four Bangladeshis and seized fake Saudi Arabian currency worth over Rs 200,000, Indian media outlets report.

 Six mobile handsets and five Bangladeshi passports have also been seized, police said.

The accused were arrested following a raid by the police in Silchar, the main city of Cachar district in the state of Assam. The accused have been identified as Md Ripon Khan, Md Kabir Sardar, Assad Udjjaman and Jamal Munshi, it added.

All the four accused were involved in cheating one person last month, India Today said. On Sunday they tried to cheat another person by exchanging fake Saudi Arabian currency with Rs200,000, the newspaper added.