In a major breakthrough, Korba police busted a fake currency racket and sized counterfeit currency notes which would otherwise have been worth Rs4 lakh from their possession. The currency was brought in the country from Bangladesh, informed Superintendent of Police Korba BN Meena on Friday. The SP talking with The Pioneer informed that bank manager of a nationalised bank was also arrested in this connection, who used to mix fake currency with the original ones’.
Police informed that few days back few employees of a Gold loan Company with its office in Korba reached State Bank of India (SBI) to deposit money. The bank officials found that 83 currency notes of Rs1,000 were counterfeits, and then informed police. During the course of investigation police reached Vinod Rathode a former bank employee and by tracing him police exposed the gang.
Detailing about the gang and their modus operandi police said, it was Sanjay Sarkar (40) hailing from Habibpur village of Nadia district West Bengal who used to bring the fake currency from Bangladesh in India.
Sanjay Sarkar is a fugitive of CRPF and one of his relatives Nirmal Malik (45) lives in Bhainsma village Korba. “Sanjay Sakar though Nirmal Malik built contacts with Vinod Rathode (32), Rafique Mohammed (30), Abdul Hamid (33) and Amit Agrawal (33) who all were former employees of a private bank. The gang then started to dispose fake currency in Korba and nearby areas,” police said. Police informed Vinod Rathode then in collusion with Ashok Mitra (57) who is bank manager in a nationalised bank tried to dispose the fake currency in bulk but the gang was busted. Korba police has registered case against all the accused.