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Muzaffarnagar, Jun 30 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Police has busted a gang involved in the supply of fake currency notes in this district and seized counterfeit notes worth Rs 15.16 lakh from a vehicle, officials on Monday said. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Sanjay Kumar said that fake currency notes in the denominations of Rs 500, Rs 200 and Rs 100 were recovered during the operation in Phugana Police Station area of Muzaffarnagar district. A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against three accused,...

New Delhi, Jun 20 (PTI) A fugitive with a 12-year-old Interpol red notice against him and wanted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with a fake-currency racket was deported by the UAE on Friday in an operation coordinated by the CBI, officials said. Moideenabba Ummer Beary, wanted by the NIA’s Kochi unit, was brought to Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport from Dubai by flight number AI-920, they said. “The subject was earlier geo-located in UAE through close follow up by CBI through Interpol with NCB-Abu Dhabi,” a...

Erode (Tamil Nadu) June 15 (PTI) Fake currency notes equivalent to Rs 3.92 lakh have been seized in this district and a person has been arrested, police said on Sunday. Officials of the Bangalapudur Police station have secured the person with fake currency notes on Saturday night and are searching for another, they said. Police personnel patrolling the Kodiveri Road at Dasa Gounden Pudur (DG Pudur) village came across two motorcycles coming fast. On seeing the police, they left their bikes and ran away, police said. Show Full Article Police...

New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) The Delhi Police has arrested a key member of an interstate Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) syndicate and recovered counterfeit currency worth Rs 4 lakh from his possession, an official said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Naushad Alam (22), was apprehended near Vijay Ghat Bus Stand on May 8 while allegedly attempting to deliver a major FICN consignment, he said. A police team had been working on FICN-related intelligence for the past four months. During this period, credible inputs were received regarding the activities...

Thane, Jun 7 (PTI) Two persons have been arrested with counterfeit currency with a face value of Rs 1.08 lakh in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Saturday. Based on a tip-off, the police apprehended the accused in the Vinay Nagar area of Mira Road on June 2 and seized 26 notes of Rs 500 denomination from them, an official said. He said the accused, Suparna Ramkrishna Manna (24) and Suryadev Gopinath Gayen (20), were natives of West Bengal. Show Full Article “A search at the duo’s residence revealed that...

Mumbai, May 29 (PTI) The expenditure incurred on security printing during 2024-25 increased by nearly 25 per cent to Rs 6,372.8 crore as against Rs 5,101.4 crore in the previous year mainly due to increase in indent for printing of banknotes, according to the RBI’s annual report released on Thursday. The value and volume of banknotes in circulation increased by 6 per cent and 5.6 per cent, respectively, during 2024-25. “During 2024-25, the share of Rs 500 banknotes at 86 per cent, declined marginally in value terms,” said the RBI’s...

New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) A special NIA court in Mumbai on Wednesday sentenced a key accused in a fake currency case at Mumbra in Maharashtra’s Thane district to five years of rigorous imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 10,000. Ishak Khan, the convict, was one of the three accused arrested in the case relating to the recovery of fake Indian currency notes (FICNs) of face value of Rs 82,000 in the denomination of Rs 500 in 2019, a statement issued by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said. The...

Bhadrak (Odisha), May 11 (PTI) The Odisha police have detained one person in connection with the circulation of counterfeit currency and seized fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs 10,000 from his possession, a police officer said. The incident came to light on Saturday afternoon when two youths allegedly attempted to purchase goods using the fake notes at the Anand Bazaar, under Bhadrak rural police station limits, the officer said. According to an eyewitness, the two suspects, residents of Deopal village near Anand Bazaar, purchased groceries using...

Pithoragarh, Apr 5 (PTI) Four men were arrested near the India-Nepal border on Saturday and counterfeit currency with a face value of Rs 29,000 was recovered from them, police said on Saturday. Counterfeit currency notes of 500 denomination with a face value of Rs 29,000 were recovered from them, Pithoragarh SP Rekha Yadav said. Samir Rehman (28), Asif (21), Nitin (35), and Shoaib (28) were arrested by a police petrol party when their car was found parked suspiciously close to the India-Nepal border, she said. Show Full Article They have...

New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) Two women were arrested for allegedly circulating counterfeit currency in southwest Delhi’s Sarojini Nagar Market, the police said on Sunday. They also seized 33 Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of Rs 100 denomination from the accused. Rani Jha (22) of Faridabad in Haryana and 29-year-old Akaansha Desai from Garacharama village in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were arrested on the basis of tip-off. Show Full Article A police team patrolling the market on foot nabbed the accused on March 19.“The accused admitted to using the...