Ghaziabad police arrested 10 persons and recovered Rs 1 crore demonetised currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 from their possession. The arrests were made from Raj Nagar area on late Monday night while they were transporting the currency in two cars.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vaibhav Krishna said, “There was an input with Kavi Nagar police staff about a gang of smugglers who were sending old currency notes to Nepal. Intelligence about the gang was specific and a police team nabbed all the 10 gang members with old currency notes worth over Rs one crore”.
During investigation they confessed their crime and told the police that they were carrying the currency at the behest of one Anil Dixit and one Yadav. They were merely carriers working on 10 per cent commission basis. They revealed their identity as Avtar Singh a resident of Rohini Delhi, Gaurav Garg a resident of Rohini Delhi, Rajesh Kumar alias Mantri a resident of Alawalpur Palwal (Haryana), Pintu a resident of Sanjay Nagar Ghaziabad, Rahul Kumar a resident of KG-3 Kavi Nagar Ghaziabad, Arun Gupta, a resident of Shivalik Apartments Malviya Nagar South Delhi, Deepak a resident of Vrindavan, Rahul Sharma a resident of Sakauti Tanda Meerut, Kavya a resident of Kalanjari Meerut and Sanjay a resident of Panchali Meeru, the SSP said.
Income Tax officials were also informed about the recovery and they have started their own investigation. The smugglers were produced before the court which sent them to judicial custody.
All the accused persons have been arrested under Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMlA) and section 5/7 of Specified Bank Notes Act, he added.