The Special Cell of Delhi police has busted an international racket allegedly involved in smuggling Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with the arrest of four of its members and recovery of fake notes of face value of Rs 4 lakh, police said.
All the fake notes recovered from the gang were of the denomination of 1000 and were printed outside the country and smuggled into India through International border.
According to the police, those arrested in the case have been identified as Tajuddin (24), Surender Kohli alias Deepak (32), Mohd Murtaza alias Mamu (55) and Pawan Tiwari (26).
"On March 13, a trap was laid near Tagore Garden Metro Station where two members of the said syndicate had come to hand over the FICN. Tajuddin and Surender Kohli were apprehended and FICN of the face value of Rs 1.5 lakh was recovered from Surender Kohli while of Rs 50,000 was recovered from Tajuddin," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav.
During interrogation, the duo disclosed that the FICN syndicate is led by a woman in West Bengal, who is involved in this trade along with her family members for a long time. Her husband is presently lodged in central Jail, Tihar and is facing trial in four cases of FICN in Delhi.
Even the son of the couple is lodged in Tihar Jail. The father-son duo motivated another inmate of Tihar Jail Pawan Tiwari to work with the woman in West Bengal after his release from jail, said Yadav.
Pawan Tiwari is previously involved in 20 criminal cases of Auto Theft, Arms Act etc. He was released from jail about a month ago. The arrested persons further disclosed that FICN was sent through carriers namely Mohd Murtaza alias Mamu and Choote. Pawan Tiwari and Salim used to get supply of FICN in Delhi and pass it on to Tajjuddin and others, police said.
In pursuance of disclosures of above two arrested persons, their third associate namely Pawan Tiwari was arrested on March 14 from Malkaganj and FICN of face value of Rs 1.75 lakh was recovered from his possession when he came to hand over the same to Tajuddin.
Murtaza was also arrested on the same day from near Tis Hazari and FICN worth Rs 25,000 was recovered at his instance. Tajuddin used to work as munshi of an advocate in Tis Hazari. Murtaza is a resident of Sahibganj district of Jharkhand, said Yadav.
Efforts to arrest other members are being made. Investigation of the case is in progress.
