Ujjain STF seized fake currency worth Rs 13.65 lakh and arrested by five accused; STF has busted an interstate gang involved in printing fake currency and circulating it in the market.
The STF has arrested five people, including the kingpin. The accused used to print fake notes of denomination Rs 2000 and Rs 500, so that no one suspected them. The gang leader and one of his associates are residents of Pratapgarh district in Rajasthan. He has been arrested earlier in the same crime.
More than fake currency notes of Rs 3.35 lakh have been found from the accused. Apart from this, photocopy machines, chemicals have also been seized.
The accused have been produced in court and sent under police custody.
STF SP Anjana Tiwari told that, on Sunday night, after acting on a tip off regarding four people in a car bearing registration number RJ35CA0591 were waiting for the customer with fake notes near Hariom Ware House on Agar Road.
A team was dispatched and the four were nabbed from the spot.
From the vehicle bundles of currency notes of Rs 2000 and Rs 500 notes were found and in the investigation they were found fake.
The accused were identified as Mahmud Khan of Agar, Saddam and Naeem alias Nayum resident Pratapgarh, Rajasthan, Naikheri Bhairavgarh of Govardhan, Ujjain. Santosh, the fifth member of the gang, was caught from Susner. Saddam and Naeem have also served jail for dealing in fake notes.
The members of the gang used to give fake notes of Rs 1 lakh for Rs 30000.
The SP said, during interrogation, it has been found that he used to make a fake note by photocopying the real note. Chemical was applied on fake notes to avoid suspicion. The customer were told to wash the note in hot water, the chemical will come off and the note will look like real.
During interrogation, it was found out that the gang people used to demonstrate to the customers before buying fake notes.
To trap customers, they used to apply tincture on real notes (fake notes told to customers) and boil them in hot water.
The tincture dissolves in water and the note starts to appear clear. In this way, customers were duped by giving fake notes.