With the arrest of five persons, Mahasamund police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a gang involved in printing and circulation of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN).
“Following a tip-off, police have arrested five persons from separate places in Mahasamund and Raigarh districts of Chhattisgarh. From their possession, police have recovered counterfeits to the tune of around Rs 13 lakh with denomination of Rs 1000, Rs 500 and Rs 100,” said Mahasamund Superintendent of Police (SP) Neha Champavat.
The arrested were identified as Mangal alias Manglu (40) of Raigarh, Shabaj Khan (40) of Mahasamund, Golu alias Mayank Sahu (27) of Janjgir, Durbir Das alias Chandra (25) of Janjgir and Chitranjan Malakar (43) of Raigarh, added Champavat.
According to the SP, based on precise inputs that Khan was involved in circulation of fake currency, a police team swung into action and nabbed him along with FICN to the tune of around Rs 3.40 lakh.
Following the information collected from Khan, police raided separate places in Raigarh district and nabbed others. From possession of Manglu police seized fake currency worth Rs 5.30 lakh along with large quantity of printing material and electronic gadgets being used by him in printing of FICN while counterfeits worth Rs 1.75 lakh recovered from Mayank, Rs 1.50 lakh from Durbir and over Rs 76000 from Chitranjan.
During the course of investigation it came to light that Khan and others were procuring fake currency from Manglu, added Champavat.