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Two middle-aged men held with fake currency notes in Ludhiana
The duo told the police that they had started printing fake notes about a month-and-a-half ago. The computer and printing machine used in the crime is yet to be recovered.
The Meharban Police on Sunday arrested two middle-aged men for allegedly printing fake currency notes and circulating it in the market. Police have also recovered nine fake notes, each having a face value of Rs 100, from them.
The accused have neem identified as Sanjiv Rai, 42, of Chand Colony and Sunil Kumar, 40, of Karnail Singh Nagar. Their accomplice, Dalvir Singh of Rishi Nagar, is yet to be arrested.
The duo told the police that they had started printing fake notes about a month-and-a-half ago. The computer and printing machine used in the crime is yet to be recovered.
Sub-inspector (SI) Harshpal Singh said the two accused were arrested following a tip-off. They were headed to the Mangali bus stand from Meharban area at the time.
Modus operandi
The accused used to print only fake notes of Rs 100 instead of high denomination notes to avoid suspicion. They also made sure to mix fake notes with original ones to avoid detection.
A case under sections 489 A (counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes), B (using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes), C (possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes), D (making or possessing instruments or materials for forging or counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes) and E (making or using documents resembling currency-notes or bank-notes) of the Indian Penal Code has been lodged against the accused at Meharban police station.
