The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch on Sunday arrested a person in Rourkela and recovered Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of face value of Rs 16 lakh from his possession.
The accused Sk Ahmed was nabbed by an STF team with assistance from Rourkela police on Saturday. The accused is a native of Badarpur in New Delhi and was staying at Sector 15 in Rourkela.
The accused has been booked under Sections 489-A/489-B/489-C/489-D/120(B) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). One laptop, colour printer and other articles used for printing wa seized from the possession of the accused during the raid.
An STF official said the accused was being interrogated to ascertain the involvement of others in the racket. Some more arrests are likely in the case.
It may be noted that the STF had arrested four persons and seized fake Indian currency notes worth over Rs 29 lakh in July 2022 and arrested four persons in this connection.