The Counterfeit Capital

Churiantpur’s geography has shaped its destiny. The biggest village on the zero line in Malda district of West Bengal, it is a conduit for smuggling of fake Indian currency notes, or FICN, from Bangladesh into India. It is home to at least 20 syndicates. It’s made of two neighbourhoods, Mohabbatpur and Dui Sata Bighi, and half of its residents live across the fence, on the Bangladesh side.

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