Ina major crackdown against the illegal counterfeit currency trade going on inthe city, the district police arrested six persons in the operation and seizedRs 1,47,000 fake notes of Rs 2000 and Rs 500, Rs 7500 in cash along with 30packets of chemically treated paper used as raw material for making counterfeitcurrency, bottles filled with chemical and dyes and packets of chemical powderas well as three vehicles used to transport counterfeit currency.
Thearrested accused have been identified as Pargat singh resident of RajewalKhanna, Harpreet Kaur @ Preeti resident of Mullanpur Sirhind, Charnjit Singh @Channa & Mohinder Kumar, both residents of Bhandal Bet, Pawan Kumar Sethiand Gurwinder Singh Guri of Khanna City.
SeniorSuperintendent of Police (SSP) Harkamalpreet Singh Khakh said in a pressconference that police team of Subhanpur police station got information from areliable source that a Skoda car number (PB10-DS-3700) driven by Parget Singh,son of Bhajan Singh, in which a woman named Harpreet Kaur is also present, isdistributing fake notes to gullible people by luring them with double themoney.
Actingswiftly, special police teams were formed under the supervision of ASP Bhulath,Ajay Gandhi IPS including SHO Subhanpur and other staff to curb the illegalbusiness of distribution of counterfeit notes and to arrest the accusedinvolved in this racket.
Disclosingmore details, the SSP said that one police team made a special check-post onNadala to Subhanpur road and stopped the vehicle for checking, during thesearch, the police found fake notes of Rs 2000, Rs 7500 of Indian currencyalong with a bottle filled with chemical, one packet containing powder weighing20 grams, 4 packets of 400 chemically treated papers used to make 500x500 notesand 8 packets of 800 white papers used to make 2000x2000 rupee notes.
SSPsaid that preliminary interrogation of the arrested accused has revealed thatthey are involved in this illegal business to earn easy money and some moremembers of their gang are distributing fake notes to people in differentvehicles. A huge quantity of raw material is also present in their vehicles,from which counterfeit notes are made.
Policeteams immediately moved to the suspected area of presence of their otherassociates and apprehended Charnjit Singh Channa and Mahinder Kumar from oneMahindra maxico vehicle and seized 3 packets of 300 chemically treated papersused to make 500x500 notes and 2 packets of 200 white papers used to make2000x2000 rupee notes.
Similarly,the police party also intercepted a Verna car number PB41FS8819 near Dayalpurflyover and arrested Pawan Kumar @Sethi and Gurvinder Singh Guri andConfiscated 60 fake notes of Rs 2000 denomination Rs 1,20,000 and 50 fake notesof Rs 25000 of 500denomination along with 3 packets of 300 chemically treatedpapers used to make 500x500 notes and 10 packets of 1000 white papers used tomake 2000x2000 rupee fake notes.
Thepolice team has registered a case against these accused under sections420,406,489C,489D,489E of the Indian Penal Code at Subhanpur police station forindulging in this illegal activity and duping people.
SSPsaid that during interrogation the involvement of eleven more members of thisracket has come to notice and police teams are moved to arrest these members.
Headded that some more revelations will also come after detail investigation ofthe case.
SSPKhakh told that the accused was not only befooling people but were also causingloss to the national treasury. He said that this special campaign wouldcontinue to eliminate the menace and strict action would be taken against theculprits.