Delhi Police has arrested two persons who were in possession of fake currency notes in the denominations of Rs2,000 in North Delhi's Kotwali area on Wednesday afternoon. Police said that they have a sent a team to Malda in West Bengal for investigation.
"The recovered notes are of good quality. The fake currency notes are not photocopied but have been printed with the help of a machine. We suspect Bangladeshi connection," said a senior police official.
According to Jatin Narwal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), the accused have been identified as Jamirul and Satyawan.
On May 3, a police team from Kotwali police station were on patrolling duty near the exit gate of Gandhi Maidan parking when they found two persons roaming suspiciously. The two persons tried to run away after seeing the police personnel.
On being questioned, they were found to be Jamirul, a resident of Malda in West Bengal, and Satyawan, a native of Haryana.
On searching them we found fake currency notes of Rs60,000,( total 30 notes ) in the denomination of Rs2,000 from the possession of Jamirul and fake currency notes of Rs40,000 (total 20 notes)was recovered from the possession of accused Satyawan," Narwal.
The fake currency notes aforementioned has been taken into police possession through seizure memos. Following which a case under sections 489B ( Using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes), 489C ( Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes) and 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC has been registered at Kotwali police station.