A team of the Delhi police’s special cell on Monday claimed to have busted a Bangladesh-based syndicate that was allegedly involved in pumping and circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in different parts of India.
The police arrested four people with fake currency worth Rs 16 lakh in denominations of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500. The police also recovered real currency worth Rs 2 lakh and four mobile phones from the accused.
The accused include —Gopal Laxman Mithapra (35), Dinesh Gorasava (35), Mohd Babar Sheikh (24) and Anand Tarapado Bahg (32). During the interrogation, the four allegedly confessed that they were involved in the racket and that they were receiving instructions from a Bangladesh based man named Shahjahan.
According to the police, the recovered FICN is of very fine quality and could have been printed in Pakistan and routed into India through Bangladesh from the Malda border.
The police arrested four people with fake currency worth Rs 16 lakh in denominations of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500. The police also recovered real currency worth Rs 2 lakh and four mobile phones from the accused.
The accused include —Gopal Laxman Mithapra (35), Dinesh Gorasava (35), Mohd Babar Sheikh (24) and Anand Tarapado Bahg (32). During the interrogation, the four allegedly confessed that they were involved in the racket and that they were receiving instructions from a Bangladesh based man named Shahjahan.
According to the police, the recovered FICN is of very fine quality and could have been printed in Pakistan and routed into India through Bangladesh from the Malda border.