Tailor among four held for smuggling fake currency

Four persons, including a tailor, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in smuggling fake Indian currency notes. HT reports.

Four persons, including a tailor, have been arrested for their alleged involvement in smuggling fake Indian currency notes.

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Abrar, Firoz Saifi, Farukh, and Bashir, brought the fake notes from their Malda-based contact, who they identified as Ajeebul, said Sanjay Kumar Jain, deputy commissioner of police (crime).

Ajeebul managed to give a police team the slip.

"On July 16, we received information about the gang headed by Farukh and Abrar, and sent a decoy customer to strike a deal with them," said DCP Jain.

Around 5.30 pm, two persons came to a pre-designated spot near north Delhi's Mukarba Chowk and were arrested as soon as they stuck a deal with the decoy customer, the police claimed.

Fake currency notes worth Rs. 1.90 lakh were allegedly recovered from the duo, Abrar and Firoz, who later identified their associate Farukh as the supplier.

"At their instance, Farukh, a tailor who used to work at Seelampur, was apprehended and fake currency worth Rs. 8,500 was recovered from his possession. He claimed that six months ago he met Bashir, who lured him into the business," DCP Jain said.

Farukh's interrogation, police claimed, led them to another gang member, Bashir, who was arrested from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh on July 25. Fake notes worth Rs. 4 lakh was found on him.

"The gang bought Rs. 1 lakh of fake notes for Rs. 55,000 and would then sell them for Rs. 65,000. Farukh got his supply from Bashir in Malda who in turn got his counterfeit notes from Ajeebul," Jain added.