Fake currency worth Rs 1.10 lakh was recovered from a Bihar resident who was arrested from Bhopal railway station by crime branch Bhopal on Saturday.
The action was taken after receiving tip off from the accused Rizwan Ahmed (50) who was caught with fake currency notes of Rs 25,000 in the month earlier by crime branch Bhopal. During the investigation Ahmed confirmed important details regarding the suppliers who are involved in the business of fake currency circulation. He provided details of a person who used to deliver and have left Bihar for Bhopal and would reach the city soon. Acting on the tip off two teams were deployed at Bhopal and Habibganj railway stations to keep eye on trains arriving from Bihar and leaving for Bihar.
On Saturday a person of the description provided by Rizwan was spotted by the team at platform number 5 of the Bhopal railway station. When the person was detained and searched fake currency notes of denomination Rs 1000 were recovered from his possession. The fake currency notes were of Rs 1.10 lakh. The victim was identified as Khursheed Alam (40) of Champaran Bihar. In the initial investigation the victim confessed that he used to provide fake currency notes to Rizwan.
The nabbed accused would be quizzed regarding the nexus involved in the fake currency notes circulation and it is possible that in the investigation other accomplices involved in the network would be caught. Earlier the Crime branch of Bhopal nabbed a 65-year-old man involved in circulating counterfeit notes and seized fake currency of Rs65,000 from Retgaht area on December 18.