'Fake currency was expertly prepared'

AJMER: The bulk fake currency that was seized on Saturday was prepared so expertly that even high-level police officials were unable to tell it from the original. Police came to know that the close to 1.95 lakh fake currency was brought to be circulated in the market during the international cattle fair in Pushkar and Moharram in Ajmer. The accused who were arrested said they had circulated around thousand rupees in the market and no shopkeeper suspected them.
Sources said the cops contacted Jharkhand police to search Jameel Khan in Ranchi from whom the accused got the counterfeit currency. "We are even trying to send our team to arrest one Jameel to get to the gang involved in fake currency racket," said officials.
The notes were so well-prepared that even the cops failed to make out the difference, "They looked original and even the bank officials took a long time to identify them. After the beam experiment it was confirmed that the currency was fake," added officials.
Police also found in investigation that the seven accused-Noorani Ansari, Aurangzeb, Gulshan, Naseem, Liyakat, Istaqk and Aurungzeb had checked into two different guest houses of dargah bazaar on Friday night-in Raheem Manzil and Shama guest house. "We are also verifying the local contacts of these accused who met them during their stay in Ajmer," added officials.
The investigation revealed that all the seven accused were involved in the business of purchasing old clothes and utensils in Ranchi and selling them to Jameel Khan of the same city. Jameel one day gave them bundles of Rs 500 and asked to circulate them in the market. He also told them the money was fake and chose Ajmer to circulate it. "We wanted to become rich and Jameel showed us the way, this was our first attempt to use the fake currency," said accused Noorani in his statement.
Sources said police will have a tough time trying to locate the already circulated fake currency in the market as the notes look original.
"The family members were no professionals and, therefore, came to the notice of police when one of them was purchasing bananas in the Padav area," officials said. The man looked like an ordinary villager and was paying Rs 1000 to a fruit seller for 1kg bananas.
Cops informed the special branch of police headquarters about the incident and are not ruling out that the fake currency was smuggled to India from Nepal. They found Ajmer the perfect place owing to the upcoming Pushkar fair and Moharram festival.
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Ajmer: The bulk fake currency that was seized by the city police was prepared so excellently that even high police officials were unable to discriminate with original. Police came to know that the bulk of fake currency was brought to circulate in the market during the international cattle fair in Pushkar and at the time of Moharram in Ajmer. The accused that were arrested accepted that they had circulated some thousand rupees in the market and no shopkeeper got any doubt about the notes.
Sources said that the city police made contact with Jharkhand state police to search Jameel Khan in Ranchi from whom these accused got the bulk fake currency. "Even we are trying to send our team to arrest the man name Jameel to know the link of the gang who is involved in fake currency racket" said officials.
Police that seized 1 lakh 85 thousand and five hundred fake currency in denomination of five hundred went puzzled to see the work of the notes, "They looked original and it was not easy for bank officials that were called to identify them. After the beam experiment it was confirmed that the bulk was fake currency" added officials.
Police also found in investigation that these seven accused Noorani Ansari, Aurangzeb, Gulshan, Naseem, Liyakat, Istaqk and Aurungzeb check in the in tow different geust house of dargah bazaar in Raheem Manzil and Shama guest house in the night of Friday. "We are also verifying the local contacts of these accused who met them during their stay in Ajmer" added officials.
The investigation revealed that these all seven accused were in business of purchasing old clothes and selling utensils in Ranchi and brought and sell these goods to Jameel Khan of the same city. Jameel one day gave them bundle of five hundred rupees and asked them to circulate it markets. He also told them about the fake currency and chooses Ajmer as the place where they had to circulate the money. "We wanted to become rich and Jameel showed us the way, this was the first attempt when we came to market with fake currency" said Noorani, the accused to police in his statement.
Official sources said that it would be hard for police to locate the fake currency circulation in the city during coming days as the notes looked original and very rare to distinguish it with the real currency. "The group family was not professional in this field and they came into eyes of police when one of them was purchasing banana from the fruit seller in Padav area of the city" accepted officials. He was dressed in villager's dress and was paying one thousand rupees note to a fruit seller for one kg of bananas.
City police informed the special branch of police headquarter about the incident and also not leaving the option that the fake currency was smuggled from Nepal to India. They found Ajmer as the right place as it is a holy city and thousands of devotees come everyday to the dargah and also went to Pushkar.