Man held with fake currency in DelhiOctober 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 24-year-old man has been arrested here with fake Indian currency with nominal value of Rs.44,350, police said Thursday. Alok Kumar Singh, who hails from Bihar, was arrested Wednesday from near an ice cream booth in Patparganj in east Delhi, and the fake currency notes in the denomination of Rs.50 and Rs.100 were seized from him.
Two held with fake currency in EtawahSeptember 29th, 2009 ETAWAH - Police seized fake currency of approximately rupees 850,000, and arrested two persons in Bakebar area of Etawah district on Monday. Police said interrogation of the arrested persons, identified as Akhilesh and Kalka, has revealed some vital clues.
Fake currency flowing in from Dubai, Bangladesh: Mumbai policeAugust 29th, 2009 MUMBAI - Mumbai police on Saturday said that counterfeit currency was flowing into Mumbai from Dubai and Bangladesh. Speaking on the sidelines of laying the foundation stone of a Police Academy here, Mumbai's police commissioner D.
Territorial Army personnel seized with fake currency worth Rs.1.70 lakhAugust 24th, 2009 POONCH - Two Territorial Army personnel were seized with fake currency worth Rs.1.70 lakh on Monday. According to police sources, Mohammad Ashraf and Arif Hussain were nabbed in Poonch, Jammu.
Gujarat police probing Pakistan links in fake currency haulAugust 18th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Gujarat police is probing Pakistani links of the four people arrested in Godhra town last month with fake currency nominally worth Rs.10.25 lakh, a home department official said Tuesday. "It is now certain from preliminary investigations that the fake currency that had been seized by the ATS July 31 had arrived from the Nepal route and the persons arrested have Pakistani links," the official said here, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Delhi Police arrests two persons arrested for fake Indian currency notesAugust 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police on Thursday arrested two persons allegedly involved in the printing and distribution of counterfeit notes from Jasola Village near Ashram area of the national capital. Police recovered fake Indian currency notes having a face value of 700,000 rupees from the duo.
Fake currency seized in Punjab, four heldAugust 4th, 2009 NAWANSHAHR - Punjab police busted a fake currency racket here and arrested four people including a resident of Nepal. Counterfeit Indian currency notes with a face value of rupees 565,000 were recovered from the men arrested in Nawanshahr city.
Amount of fake currency seized in 2008 double over 2007: CBIJuly 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Law enforcement agencies seized fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with the face value of Rs.148 million in 2008 - an amount nearly double of what was recovered in 2007, a senior Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer said here Friday. According to the official, FICN with the face value of Rs.80 million were recovered all across the country by various state police and other law enforcement agencies in 2007.
BSP MP displays 'fake' currency of Rs 500 in Rajya SabhaJuly 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bahujan Samaj Party member Brajesh Pathak created a scene in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday when he displayed a currency of Rs 500, which the MP claimed to be 'fake.'
Pathak, who was participating in a debate on General Budget, tried to grab the attention of the members by displaying Rs 500 currency and claimed that he got the currency from an ATM in the Parliament Annexe. P. J. Kurian who was, in the Chair of the presiding officer, asked Pathak to table the currency as there is no provisions to display any items in the rule.
Women held with fake currency in AmritsarMay 8th, 2009 AMRITSAR - The customs staff posted at the Attari railway station, Amritsar, seized fake Indian currency worth Rs one lakh fifty thousand from a lady passenger Shakila, coming from Pakistan in Samjhauta Express last night. Taking to reporters here, S.
Woman arrested with Rs.1.8 mn counterfeit currencyMarch 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police said they have cracked a fake currency racket with the arrest of a young woman in possession of counterfeit currency with the nominal value of Rs.18 lakh (Rs.1.8 million). A special cell in north-east Delhi arrested 24-year-old Rizwana March 14 after a probe into a specific tip off about her alleged involvement, police officials said.
Two held with fake currency in GujaratJanuary 26th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Gujarat police Tuesday arrested two people from Kotarpur village close to Ahmedabad international airport and seized counterfeit currency with the face value of Rs.301,500. The Ahmedabad crime branch received a tip-off that a man from Rajasthan would be coming Tuesday morning to Kotarpur village with their counterfeit currency.
Six held for fake currency racket in Uttar PradeshJanuary 9th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Six people allegedly involved in printing and circulation of fake currency notes were arrested in Uttar Pradesh, the police said Saturday. 'The six were nabbed Friday night from a hideout in Premnagar area in Bareilly (some 250 km from Lucknow),' police inspector Chandra Pal Singh told IANS on phone.
Two brothers arrested with over Rs.300,000 in fake currencyDecember 29th, 2008 NOIDA - Two brothers were arrested with counterfeit currency worth over Rs.300,000, the police said Tuesday. The Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Noida Police arrested the brothers, Atar Singh and Amit Singh, for allegedly supplying fake currency.
Two Punjab schoolboys arrested for printing fake currencyDecember 28th, 2008 JALANDHAR - Two teenaged schoolboys who wanted to become rich hit upon the idea of printing fake currency notes. However, they were caught when trying to palm off fake Rs.500 notes and handed over to police.