One held with fake currency in Uttar PradeshOctober 5th, 2009 MEERUT - A 28-year-old man was arrested Monday from Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh with fake Indian currency notes of Rs.2 lakh, police said. "Rajveer was arrested from the main Meerut city on a tip-off and fake currency mostly in the denomination of Rs.50 was recovered from him," Superintendent of Police (city) P.P.
Rs.20 lakh in fake currency recovered in Uttar PradeshSeptember 30th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh police Wednesday recovered fake Indian currency notes of more than Rs.20 lakh (two million) from a hideout in the Mainpuri district, police informed. The recovery was made following the interrogation of one Girijesh Yadav, who was arrested with fake currency worth Rs.5 lakh from Manaknagar locality of Lucknow Tuesday.
Two held with Rs.8.5 lakh in fake currencySeptember 28th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two people were arrested Monday in Itawah district of Uttar Pradesh with Rs.8.5 lakh in fake currency, police said. Akhilesh Rajpoot and Kalka Prasad were nabbed by the Special Operations Group (SOG) from Bakeshwar locality of Itawah.
Three held with fake postal stamps in Uttar PradeshSeptember 27th, 2009 ALLAHABAD - Three people were arrested from this Uttar Pradesh town with fake postal stamps worth Rs.700,000, police said Sunday. "The fake stamps are mostly of Rs.1 and Rs.5 denominations.
Bandit arrested in Uttar PradeshSeptember 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A bandit wanted in over a dozen criminal cases, including murder, was Wednesday arrested from Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district, police said. Chukki Yadav, who carried a reward of Rs.35,000 for his capture, was caught by the Special Task Force after a shootout.
Fake ghee factory busted in Uttar PradeshSeptember 7th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The crime branch of the Lucknow police Monday busted a fake ghee manufacturing unit in posh Gomtinagar locality and arrested two people, including the owner of the factory, officials said. "We raided the Amrita Dairy Private Limited and recovered over 50 quintals of manufactured fake and adulterated ghee," Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) Rajesh Singh told reporters.
Nepal conduit for fake Indian currency from PakistanAugust 31st, 2009 LUCKNOW - The arrest of a Nepali youth from Uttar Pradesh's border town of Rupadiha with fake Indian currency notes has exposed how Nepal was being used as a conduit for counterfeit Indian notes printed in Pakistan, police said Monday. Sources in the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) claimed that the confessions made by arrested people have even given leads to the nexus of the fake currency operators with Nepal's erstwhile king Gyanendra's family.
Two held with counterfeit currency notesAugust 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two men allegedly involved in smuggling of counterfeit currency notes into the country from Nepal were arrested in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Monday. Pramod Singh and Babadeen, both in their mid 20s, have confessed that they collected the consignment of fake currency notes -- supplied from Pakistan -- in Nepal.
Police to probe fake jobs scam at Rae Bareli rail coach factoryAugust 5th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Uttar Pradesh police has set up a team to inquire into media reports that some youth have been given fake appointment letters to work in a rail coach factory to be set up in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli district, a police official said Wednesday. "Though no official complaint has been made in this regard, local media has reported that racketeers were taking bribe from gullible youths assuring them of jobs in the upcoming factory," district police chief D.C.
Congress committed to development of Bundelkhand: RahulJuly 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Three days after he met the prime minister to seek a special package for the Bundelkhand region, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday said the party would do everything for the welfare and development of the region that he says is steeped in poverty. "We have submitted a memorandum to the prime minister (on Bundelkhand).
Two held over fake currency racketJuly 6th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A man and a woman have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district for alleged involvement in a fake currency racket linked to Pakistan, police said Monday. Acting on a tip off by the Intelligence Bureau, the police raided a hideout in Tajpur village and nabbed the two Sunday night with counterfeit currency totalling over Rs.11 lakh (Rs.1.1 million).
Four arrested with counterfeit currency notesJune 30th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Four people were arrested with counterfeit currency notes worth nearly Rs.500,000 in Uttar Pradesh, police said Tuesday. "Acting on a tip-off, the four men were arrested late Monday evening in the Havelia Khas locality in Basti district," Additional Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Jha told IANS over the phone.
Community feasts in Uttar Pradesh on Rahul's birthday FridayJune 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW - Celebrating its gains in the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress in Uttar Pradesh will mark party general secretary Rahul Gandhi's birthday June 19 with community feasts, mainly in Dalit-dominated areas. June 19 will be celebrated as Samrasta Diwas (Harmony Day) in Uttar Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh records maximum human rights violation incidents in 2008March 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Uttar Pradesh topped the list of states with maximum number of complaints related to human rights violation states recent survey conducted by the National Human Rights Development (NHRC). The NHRC received a total of 94,559 human rights violation complaints last year.
BJP, RLD finalise poll alliance in Uttar PradeshFebruary 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Gearing up for the Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday said that it has finalised its pre-poll alliance with the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), a party with some influence in western Uttar Pradesh. 'The alliance with the RLD has been finalised.
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