Ahmedabad: 6 from MP caught with fake notes

They were booked under BNS sections 179 (using counterfeit note or coin as genuine), 180 (possession of counterfeit note or coin), 178 (counterfeiting notes or coins), 181 (making or possession of instruments to make counterfeit note or coin), and 61(b) (criminal conspiracy).

Police said Anurag is the main accused in the case and was involved in printing the fake notes, cutting them, and attempting to put them into illegal circulation in the Indian market. He also taught some of the others to print the FICN, Sola police said on Sunday.

The police said that several of the accused had earlier printed a total of 100 fake notes of Rs 100 denomination, totalling Rs10,000 in value. They then fraudulently circulated Rs 6,000 worth of fake notes in Delhi and spent the other Rs 4,000 FICN in Bhind, MP. They then allegedly decided to print Rs 500 denomination notes to make money faster, said police.

In the present case, officials said that Anurag, Vikas, Umesh Rajkumar, and Dipak came up with the idea of printing FICN of Rs 500 denomination and going to the city to spend them as real currency.

Following this, Anurag and Vikas met the latter’s uncle Jayveer, who lives in Mehgaon, and took his colour printer on the pretext of some work. They then printed the notes on sheets, cut them, tied them into bundles and reached Ahmedabad to dispose of them in the market, said police.

They stayed at a relative’s house near the Chanakyapuri vegetable market and on December 13 evening, spread out in the market to dispose of the fake notes before the police caught them.