When the country is getting ready to celebrate the first anniversary of the demonetisation day on 8 November.The National Investigation Agency (NIA) seized Rs36 crore old currency notes, linked to financing of terrorist and separatist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, arrested nine people in Delhi on Tuesday.
They were carrying 28 cartons filled with demonetised Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes in four vehicles – BMW X3, Hyundai Creta SX, Ford EcoSport and BMW X1, an NIA spokesperson said.
They were brought to the NIA headquarters for questioning, he said, adding that Rs36.34 crore in demonetised currency notes was seized from them. Later in the evening, three other members of the gang were apprehended.
The spokesperson said that the agency got an input about their activities while investigating a case relating to the financing of terror activities in the Kashmir Valley.
During the probe, he said it emerged that people and entities linked to separatists and terrorists were still in possession of a significant amount of demonetised currency notes that could not be converted into new ones.
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