During a communication with the Mumbai GPO and technical analysis, police received information that fake stamps were being sent from Bihar to several states across the country, police said
Police seized counterfeit stamps worth Rs 27.84 lakh during the operation, an official said. Pic/Special Arrangement
Mumbai Police have busted an inter-state racket involved in printing and distributing fake postal stamps of the Indian Postal Department and arrested five people after their links emerged in Mumbai, Bihar, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, officials said.
Police seized counterfeit stamps worth Rs 27.84 lakh during the operation, they said.
The Mata Ramabai Ambedkar (MRA) Marg police had registered a case on September 12, 2025, following a complaint by Ashutosh Jamadarsinh Kumar (42), a Postal Inspector posted at the Mumbai GPO.
During a communication with the Mumbai GPO and technical analysis, police received information that fake stamps were being sent from Bihar to several states across the country, police said.
Acting on the tip-off, police first arrested Rakesh Ramdhani Bind (42) from Sion, Mumbai, on September 19, 2025.
Further investigation led to the arrest of Shamshuddin Ahmed Md. Irfan Ghafar (32) and Shahid Ahmed Raza (43) from Samastipur, Bihar, on October 16, 2025. Police said bank transactions worth Rs 7 to Rs 8 crore were traced through the accounts of the Bihar-based accused.
The probe later revealed that the main accused were operating from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. To avoid arrest, they had changed their mobile phones and shifted houses.
A police team camped in Delhi for 14 days and carried out surveillance before arresting Mohammad Shahabuddin Sultan Sheikh (27) from Vinod Nagar, Delhi, and Virender Sahdev Prasad (49) from Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, on February 8 this year.
Large quantity of fake stamps seized
During the raids, police seized the following counterfeit stamps 23,100 stamps of Rs 20 featuring Mother Teresa, 1,25,000 stamps of Rs 10 bearing Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, 70,000 stamps of Rs 5 with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, 20,000 stamps of Rs 5 featuring Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, 595 stamps of Rs 200 and 32 stamps of Rs 100 with the Ashoka Pillar, 10,000 stamps of Rs 50 featuring Rabindranath Tagore.
The police said that the accused sent the forged stamps through courier services to different states, causing financial loss to the government.
More accused suspected
Based on information gathered during questioning, police believe more people may be involved in the racket. Some suspects are currently absconding, and efforts are being made to trace and arrest them.
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