Delhi Police today claimed to have busted a racket involved in the supply and circulation of fake notes in Delhi and NCR with the arrest of three persons with counterfeit currency of face value Rs 6.5 lakh from them.
Acting on a tip-off, special cell of Delhi police arrested Mohd Farid-Ul-Islam alias Farid (26), Kunja Bihari Pandey (42) and Safiq-Ul-Alam alias Safiq (26) yesterday.
"A trap was laid at vantage points of New Delhi Railway Station and Farid was apprehended from outside the station. The checking of his bag led to recovery of fake notes of face value Rs five lakh in the denomination of Rs 1,000," DCP (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said.
During interrogation, Farid told police he procured the consignment from Shahjahan, a resident of Malda in West Bengal. He also said the fake notes were to be circulated in Delhi and Gurgaon with the help of other conduits Kunja Bihari Pandey, Lal Chand and Safiq-Ul-Alam.
Accordingly, raids were conducted and his Pandey and Safiq were apprehended. Fake notes of face value Rs one lakh in denomination of Rs 1,000 was recovered from Pandey, while Rs 50,000 fake notes in denomination of Rs 500 was recovered from Safiq, police said.
