2 gang members held with fake currency notes worth ‘Rs3 lakh’

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police arrested two members of a West Bengal gang and seized fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs 3 lakh.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police arrested two members of a West Bengal gang and seized fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs 3 lakh.

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The gang has been allegedly smuggling and circulating the fake Indian currency notes (FICN) allegedly printed in Pakistan. The police recovered the notes in the denomination of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 from the arrested men.

Police said the notes were smuggled from Pakistan into India via Bangladesh. These notes were to be circulated in markets in Delhi-NCR and Punjab, police said.

The arrested persons were identified as Vikas Kumar Sharma, alias Laddi, 36, from Patiala in Punjab, and Moti Lal Basak, 40, from Malda in West Bengal. A Hyundai Verna car used for smuggling had been seized, police said.

PS Kushwah, DCP (special cell), said in April their team received information that a Malda-based gang circulated the notes in different cities across the country. Accordingly,a team was constituted under the supervision of inspector Sanjay Dutt to bust the gang.

“On Sunday, our team learnt that the gang members would assemble near Anand Vihar bus terminal to deliver a consignment of FICN. A trap was laid and two men were caught delivering a consignment of fake currency notes with a face value of ` 3 lakh,” said Kushwah.

He said during interrogation, they found out that Basak had allegedly received the notes from his mentors in Malda. They had told him to deliver the fake currency notes to a gang member in Delhi, said Sharma.