After arresting five in a counterfeit currency racket, cops say most gangs using trucks and trains from Nepal, Pak for smuggling
After arresting five in a counterfeit currency racket, cops say most gangs using trucks and trains from Nepal, Pak for smuggling
As terror threat has led to heightened security at airports, smugglers are using trucks and trains to bring counterfeit currency into the country.
The Delhi police on Tuesday arrested five smugglers for allegedly running a fake currency racket in the Capital. From them, the cops recovered counterfeit currency worth Rs 10 lakh, most of which came to India from Pakistan via Nepal through road and rail.
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Caught in the money pot: Five men (left) arrested for running a fake currency racket being produced before the media in New Delhi on Tuesday. And (right) the counterfeit notes recovered from them. PIC/MID DAY |
Senior Crime Branch officials of the Delhi police said this arrest confirms the prominent role of trains and interstate trucks in the money smuggling racket. "Since security at airports was stepped up after the recent terrorist attacks, trains and trucks plying between India and neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh are being extensively used for the purpose. Most of the cases we have cracked over the past few months point to this fact," said a senior Crime Branch cop.
The five arrested men in their twenties Shan Mohammad, Mohammad Naim, Mohammad Shahrukh,u00a0 Vipin Gupta and Omvir Singh - had been smuggling money from Pakistan via Nepal.
According to the police Shan, Naim and Shahrukh were arrested from west Delhi's Rajouri Garden area while the other two were caught from Jehangirpuri.
Neeraj Thakur, deputy commissioner of police (Crime Branch), said, "Vipin and Omvir were the local contacts of the gang and helped other members to distribute the fake money in the Capital."u00a0
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Shan was released from Tihar Jail three months ago after a two-year prison stint in a fake currency case.
Meanwhile, Naim, who too was in jail, was released in 2008. "Since their release from jail, the Crime Branch had mounted regular surveillance over their activities. The surveillance revealed the gang members had visited Nepal to being a fresh consignment of notes by train," said Thakur.
