Police arrested four men for attempting to circulate counterfeit currency notes in Giridih on Wednesday. “We have seized bundles of the 500 notes of 36 piece with a face value of Rs 24,000 and 3 piece of Rs 2000 from all three culprits, while 8 piece of Rs 2000,and 24 fake currency of Rs 500 with a face value of the Rs 28,000 from Srikant alias Shankar Mahto,” said SDPO Jit Wahan Orawn of Giridih.
Three other accused -Rup Lal Hansada,Sunil Toppo and Masih Baski were arrested having possession of fake currency worth Rs 24,000. They used the west Bengal route to bring the counterfeit currency to Giridih. SDPO said the fake currency has been printed so efficiently that a common man would not be able differentiate it from the real notes.
On the basis of information provided by the three, police team nabbed another key person Srikant alias Shankar Mahto who used to play a pivotal role in the supply of the fake currency.
Police said that they received a tip off that counterfeit currency was being circulated in Ahilyapur area. Based on the directions of Giridih SP Surendra Kumar Jha, a team of police personnel was formed to monitor the locality.
. The team received information that the gang was circulating the currency notes at the Ahilyapur market area. The Police are further investigating the matter and looking for other members of the gang.