Maharashtra police bust fake currency racket; two held in MP, one in Nagpur

The Nagpur Police in Maharashtra have busted a counterfeit currency note racket with the recovery of fake notes of Rs 48000 face value and arrested three persons including two from neighbouring Madhya Pradesh an official said on Sunday according to the PTIThe first arrest was made at Kalmeshwar near Nagpur city on August 10 following which two others were arrested from Madhya Pradesh he saidOne Pravin Patel a 21yearold man hailing from Sidhi district in MP was nabbed from Gondkhairi near Nagpur after he was found carrying fake notes of Rs 100 denomination of Rs 48700 face value the official of Nagpur Rural police said reported the PTIDuring Patels interrogation he revealed the names of two others the police saidAccordingly Dhiraj Dinesh Tiwari 28 from Satna district in MP and Akash Annapurnaprasad Pandey 21 from Sidhi district in the same state were apprehended he said as per the PTIDuring the probe police found that Pandey who holds a diploma in computers had lost Rs 15 lakh in online gambling He met Tiwari and together they hatched a conspiracy to print fake notes using Pandeys computer skills the police saidPandey was promised a 30 per cent commission for the task They started printing and circulating counterfeit notes they saidThe accused used to distribute the counterfeit notes in Nagpur the police official said adding that further investigation is onMeanwhile the Mumbai Police conducted a special All Out Operation in the city The police conducted the operation on the night of August 12 The operation which continued until the early hours of August 13 involved a coordinated effort by law enforcement agencies across the city Key police officials including Additional Commissioners of Police Deputy Police Commissioners Divisional Assistant Commissioners and Senior Police Inspectors were involved in this massive endeavor to maintain law and orderDuring the operation a significant combing effort was carried out resulting in the examination of 1640 individuals with prior criminal records Of these 355 individuals were found to be involved in various crimes leading to preventive actions being taken against them Additionally a thorough investigation led to the registration of 101 cases under the AntiNarcotics Act NDPS ACT resulting in the arrest of 101 suspectsA dedicated focus on addressing theftrelated crimes led to the investigation of 350 accused individuals with preventive actions taken against 62 of them based on the merit of the cases Prohibited activities were also targeted resulting in the investigation of 46 accused individuals and their subsequent arrestsFurthermore the operation targeted individuals who had been released from prison leading to the preventive action being taken against 109 such individuals A total of 04 individuals were searched and arrested during this processwith PTI inputs