The crime branch busted a two-member gang engaged in printing and circulating fake currency notes and recovered fake currency notes of Rs 1217500, a printer fake stamp seal and a motorbike; mastermind has been booked for fake currency notes printing.
Acting on a tip off regarding a youth with fake currency notes near Mubarakpur Parwalia, police swung into action and on the receipt of the information a team was rushed to the spot and detained a youth with motorbike bearing registration number MP37ML5511 who was moving from Shyampur to Bhopal.
The nabbed person was identified as Satish Shankwar (26) of Sehore.
The person was carrying a bag on his back and when checked 22 bundles of denomination of Rs 500 currency notes inside a bag kept and 45 notes in one pack were found. On checking, a total of 2,245 notes of 500 rupees, the total amount was Rs 1122500.
Police registered a case under section 489 A, 489 B and 489 C of the IPC.
On interrogation of the arrested accused revealed that Rudra alias Rajveer Chauhan resident Devas is mastermind and provided fake notes of Rs 500 for circulation in Bhopal.
Rudra was arrested from Chhola Mandir road and from his possession fake 135 notes of Rs 500-500 and a HP company's scanner printer and fake stamp seals of station in-charge Parvalia, Halka Patwari Lambakheda and registrar (birth and death) were seized.
Satish told that Rudra was caught by Indore STF in the case of making fake notes in 2019 and he met him in jail where he was serving jail for sexual assault.