Delhi Police Arrests Four Members Of Fake Indian Currency Notes, Seizes Rs 1.34 Lakhs

New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): The Special Cell of the Delhi Police has arrested four members of an interstate Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) syndicate and seized Rs 1.34 lakhs along with semi-finished fake currency notes of Rs 20,000, police said on Saturday.

According to the police, the arrested persons have been identified as Mohd Azeem Khan, Akil Ahmed, Dr Akeel Ahmad and Nitin Patel, all residents of Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit.

Apart from the fake currency notes, scanner, printer, wooden and iron frame, cutters, ink, tape and various other tools and other raw material used in printing of the FICN were also recovered from the posession of the arrested persons.

A case was registered under Section 489-B (using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency notes), 489-C (possession of forged or counterfeit currency notes), 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant sections of the Arms Act.

A team of Special Cell was working for last few months on various syndicates involved in manufacturing, supplying and circulating fake Indian currency notes.

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