A SYNDICATE INVOLVED IN PRINTING & CIRCULATING FAKE NEW CURRENCY IN MARKET BUSTED WITH THE ARREST

A SYNDICATE INVOLVED IN PRINTING & CIRCULATING FAKE NEW CURRENCY IN MARKET BUSTED WITH THE ARREST OF MASTERMIND NAMELY ASHISH @ KEJU AND HIS ASSOCIATEKRISHAN@ NETAJIBY THE STAFF OF AATS/SWD NEW DELHI

• TWO ACCUSED PERSONS ASHISH @ KEJU AND KRISHAN@ NETAJIARRESTED.
• THE MASTERMIND ASHISH@ KEJU IS A MOBILE REPAIRING TECHNICIAN AND KRISHAN@ NETAJIIS A COMPUTER EXPERT.
• THE DUO USED TO PRINT CURRENCY NOTES WITH THE HELP OF COMPUTER, HIGH QUALITY SCANNER AND PRINTER.
• FAKE INDIAN CURRENCY NOTES IN DENOMINATIONS OF Rs. 2000&Rs. 500 AMOUNTING TO Rs. 6,10,500/- RECOVERED.
• COMPUTER AND PRINTING EQUIPMENT SEIZED.

The police personnel of AATS/South-West District has busted a syndicate involved in printing & circulating fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with the arrest of two accused persons namely (1) Ashish @ KejuS/o Sh. Suresh R/o K-2/29, Near Peepal Chowk, Mohan Garden, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi, age 23 years and his associate (2) Krishan Bhardwaj@ Netaji S/o Late Sh. Khushi Ram R/O RZ-6, I-Block, Dharam Pura, Najafgarh, New Delhi, age-25 years. The mastermind of this fake currency racket is Ashish @ Keju, a mobile phone technician and his associate Krishan Bhardwaj @ Netaji is a computer geek.  The duoconnived with each other into printing of fake Indian currency notes of Rs. 500 &Rs. 2000 denomination with the help of high quality scanner and printer.  Thereafter trading these fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with unsuspecting vendors in weekly bazaars and rehdi wallas, Panwadi as they viewed the introduction of new currencies after demonetization as an opportunity to make quick money.  Accused Aashish @ Keju was very ambitious and wanted to live a luxurious & comfy life and to construct his own bunglow at his native place in Agra, UP to have social status in politics.

TEAM & OPERATION:

After demonetization several incidents of circulation of fake Indian currency notes into market came to notice. Insp. Raj Kumar, in-charge AATS/SWD, was assigned the task to collect criminal intelligence and arrest accused persons who were involved in running fake currency racket. Secret informers were deployed, criminal intelligence was collected, modus operandi of accused persons analyzed, on ground verification was done and with technical surveillance. With persistent efforts of the AATS staff,it was revealed that a syndicate is operating in the area of Uttam Nagar, Dwarka, etc. involved in printing and circulating fake currency in the market to hamper the economy of the country.  On 09/01/17 secret information was received by HC Pratap that two persons having fake currencies are trading it at fifty percent of the amount andcan be caught red handed while delivering fake currencies if a deal is struck with them.  Hence a raiding party of dedicated police officers under the leadership of Insp. Raj Kumar, comprising SI Dharmender, ASI Shiv Kumar, ASI Sanjay, ASI Rajesh, ASI Randhir, HC Pratap, Ct Rohtash, Ct Arjun and Ct Sujeet and supervision of ACP Sh. Rajender Singh was constituted.  HC Pratap was deployed as decoy customer who along with a shadow witness struck the deal with accused persons.   A trap was laid near Shamshan Ghat, Kiran Garden, Bindapur and at about 4:00 PM accused persons Ashish @ Keju and Krishan Bhardwaj @ Netaji arrived there and each handed over Rs. 4000/- in Rs. 500 denominations to HC Pratap and received Rs. 2000/- from him. The raiding party immediately swooped down and arrested both accused persons.  Case FIR No. 13/17 U/s489B/489C/34 IPC, PS Bindapur, Delhi was registered and investigation was taken up.  During investigation Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) of denomination Rs. 2000/- and Rs. 500/- worth Rs. 6,10,500/- were recovered from accused persons.  The CPU, Printer Canon, Key Board, Mouse were also seized.

INTERROGATION

The mastermind Aashish @ Keju has studied till 12th class from open school. He completed mobile repairing course and opened a shop Shiv Shakti Mobile Communication but shut it down three months ago.  Accused Krishan &  Netaji has also studied till class 12th.  He completed Desk Top Publishing (DTP) course and learned Photoshop, Corel DRAW, Page Maker, etc. He opened a printing press but later shut it down. Then he taught in a private school. Thereafter, he worked at a call centre, mobile company, and automobile company but left these jobs.  About five months ago he began supplying incense sticks (Agarbatti) in Narnaul, Haryana.   The duo came in contact around 2 years back, both were from poor economic background and besides best efforts could earn much as both of them were very ambitious.  Hence they conspired to print fake currency initially of lower denomination i.e. Rs. 100/- around 2 years back and circulated the same, because lower denomination currency notes are easy to be circulated.  This way they earned quick bucks but on the issue of distribution of earned money dispute arose between them and both parted their ways.  They took demonetization as a golden opportunity to make quick money hence started printing high denomination new currency notes of Rs. 500/- and Rs. 2000/-.  But before their sinister plans could work out both the accused person were caught and the racket was busted.  .

RECOVERY :-

Total Fake Currency Notes :           Rs. 6,10,500/-

Denomination : 2000 (Rs. 6,00,000/-)

500  (Rs. 10,500/-)

Printing Material : CPU, Printer Canon, Key Board, Mouse