The accused had rented bureau abstraction successful a commercialized gathering successful the guise of moving an online garment concern but were allegedly printing fake currency connected the premises, the merchandise stated. (File Photo)
A fake currency manufacturing portion operating successful the bureau of an online garment store was busted successful Surat, and 4 persons were arrested, constabulary said connected Sunday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajdeep Nakum said the accused were allegedly inspired by the web bid “Farzi”, starring histrion Shahid Kapoor, which shows a small-time con creator who gets affluent by counterfeiting currency notes.
Surat Special Operations Group (SOG) officials raided the bureau successful the Sarthana locality connected Saturday and arrested 3 persons with “high quality” counterfeit currency with a look worth of Rs 1.20 lakh, a constabulary merchandise stated. The 4th accused was arrested later, it said.
The accused had rented bureau abstraction successful a commercialized gathering successful the guise of moving an online garment concern but were allegedly printing fake currency connected the premises, the merchandise stated. The SOG squad kept a adjacent ticker connected the bureau and radical moving determination and conducted the raid erstwhile the 3 accused met to people fake currency notes there, it said. “Acting connected a confirmed input, the constabulary squad raided the bureau and apprehended Rahul Chauhan, Pavan Banode, and Bhavesh Rathod, and busted a mini mill of fake currency notes,” the merchandise said.
They recovered FICN with a look worth of Rs 1.20 lakh and printing instrumentality specified arsenic foil paper, colour printers, it stated.