Rs 11.5 lakh fake notes printed at home seized, four held in Thane

THANE: Anti-extortion cell of Thane crime branch arrested four people, including a woman, and seized counterfeit currency of the value of nearly Rs 11.5 lakh, police said on Wednesday.

Muzzamil Surve (40), Muzaffar Pawaskar (41), Pravin Parmar (43) and Nasrin Kazi (41) were arrested, said deputy commissioner of police (crime) Laxmikant Patil.

Parmar and Pawaskar, the kingpins, are suspected to have taken up counterfeiting due to lockdown and financial difficulties. Patil said the fake currency was of the denominations of Rs200, Rs500 and Rs2,000. “Acting on a tip-off that some persons were to come to Mumbra to sell the fake currency, a team of AEC of Thane city police crime unit lead by senior inspector Rajkumar Kothmire laid a trap near the petrol pump opposite the railway station on Tuesday and nabbed them when they arrived to dispose of the currency,” Patil told TOI.

Seven mobiles were also seized from the arrested persons, against whom offences under sections 489(a) and 489(C) of Indian Penal Code have been registered with Mumbra police. “During interrogation, the accused said the fake notes were printed on JK Bond paper by Parmar on a scanner-cum-printer at his house with Pawaskar’s help,” Kothmire said.

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