Bhojpuri actor gets arrested in fake currency racket

The Delhi police busted a

fake currency racket

and arrested a

Bhojpuri

film actor

Mohammad Shahid

and his friend, Sayyed Zen Hussain. They run a production studio in Hari Nagar Ashram and the Police have recovered 50 lakh fake currency and two stolen bikes from them.

Police stated that the duo was arrested during random checking and 200 bundles of fake currency notes were recovered from their bag The bike they were travelling on was found to be stolen. During the investigation,

Shahid

revealed that he is running a film studio in the name of Sahil Sanny Film Production at Hari Nagar Ashram, Delhi. He had worked in a Bhojpuri movie ‘Allahabad to Islamabad’. He has also appeared in several albums.

Reportedly, the accused used to give three fake notes in exchange for one genuine currency note to the people stating that they may be used in the market. Shahid was previously involved in eight cases of cheating, snatching and under the Arms Act.