Another fake currency racket busted,6 held

Based on a tip-off,they were arrested from outside a multiplex when they were buying movie tickets. The six were identified as Mohmmad Haq(19),Mahmmad Hanif(19),Mahmmad Rauaf(21),Sadam Safi(19),Inammul Hussain(10) and Rafsangani Abdul(19). All belong to Malda district in West Bengal. Their supplier was identified as one Mahmmad Sefuddin,also from West Bengal.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused have circulated fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 50,000 in Gondal and Rajkot in the last four days.

Police said they came to Rajkot on May 1 with fake note to the face value of Rs 1.5 lakh and took a one-room house on rent in the Khodhiyarpara area.

To circulate fake notes,they would make purchase of Rs 100 or 200 and give notes of Rs 500 or Rs 1,000. The genuine notes that they obtained in exchange were deposited in their bank accounts,said the police,adding that process was on to get their remand.

This was second such racket busted in the state in the last four days. On Sunday,the Bhavnagar police arrested four residents of Jharkhand,who had allegedly circulated fake currency with a face value of Rs 10 lakh in the Saurashtra region.

Their interrogation had suggested that the notes were supplied from Pakistan via Bangladesh. The police are now trying to find out if there is any link between the two rackets.

Real or fake?

Police investigations revealed that the fake notes supplied from Bangladesh have certain features that can help people identify the difference between real and fake notes.

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