U Sudhakar Reddy
The fake currency case against UAE National Alkaz Khamiz Obaid Ali
took a new turn after he alleged that the trial is delayed for more than five years and
he is going to approach the Amnesty International seeking speedy trial.
In 2007 August City police seized Rs 2.36 crore fake currency from Barkas and arrested
the UAE National Alkaz Khamis Obaid Ali along with three other accused. Police cracked
the nationwide racket circulating Pakistan printed fake currency of Rs 500 and Rs 1000
denomination were seized. The then police commissioner Mr Balwinder Singh said that the
fake currency appeared to be genuine due to the quality of the printing in Pakistan.
Thirty seven year old Alkaz claimed that he is a former military officer and the trial at
Nampally sessions court begun in September 2009 and is postponed frequently.
The fake notes were in the denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 and shipped from Karachi
port and reached Hyderabad through a transport company floated by another accused
identified as Khaled Bin Saleh alias Md Khaled.
Alkaz has related in the city and he visited Pakistan thrice and police alleged they
matched with the timing of consignments arrived in the country. The arrest took place on
August 24 in 2007 a day before bomb blasts of Lumbini and Gokul Chat hit the city. As
part of his bail conditions he can’t leave the country.
The two other accused then arrested were Mohd Najath alias Pashu Abdullah Najath, 29, and
Syed Ghouse Pasha both natives of city.
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