The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is set to question contractual driver Adesh Choudhary on the cash trail and electronic evidence gathered in the ₹ 17.29-crore counterfeit currency case at Punjab National Bank’s Saharanpur currency chest, with investigators focusing on how cash was accessed, moved and allegedly substituted.
His account will be matched with CCTV footage, duty records, currency registers, dispatch documents and digital evidence. The agency is also checking whether counterfeit notes moved beyond the Saharanpur chest through other bank branches, ATMs or currency chests. The financial dealings of suspects and others linked to cash handling are also likely to be scrutinised, including bank accounts, property transactions, vehicle purchases and digital payments. Any unexplained transactions will have to be independently corroborated before being linked to the alleged offence.
The NIA is also reconstructing the movement of a ₹ 111-crore cash consignment sent from Saharanpur to the Reserve Bank of India’s Jaipur office on July 6. It comprised 1,900 bundles of ₹ 500 notes and 800 bundles of ₹ 200 notes.
Sources said the agency is likely to scrutinise Choudhary’s movements around the currency chest, his role in loading and unloading consignments and his contacts with bank employees and others handling cash.
