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Police seized counterfeit ₹200 currency notes with a look worth of ₹8.37 lakh from a car adjacent Thuvakudi successful Tiruchi territory and arrested 2 persons from Maharashtra.
According to the police, a car bearing a Maharashtra registration fig stopped astatine a petrol bunk successful Thuvakudi precocious connected Tuesday to refuel. The occupants paid the measure utilizing ₹200 notes and near the spot. Suspecting the currency to beryllium fake, petrol bunk unit alerted the Thuvakudi police.
Acting swiftly, the constabulary intercepted the car astatine Kattur Manjathidal check-post and conducted a search. They recovered 2 bags containing 41 bundles of counterfeit ₹200 notes, totalling 4,189 notes.
Counterfeit currency of a look worth of ₹8,37,800 and the car was seized. Two persons — Ramesh Babaru Bahir, 54, and Narayan Ram, 34, some natives of Maharashtra — were arrested.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the accused had circulated counterfeit currency successful places including Madurai, Pudukkottai and Thanjavur, and were travelling done Tiruchi erstwhile they were caught.
The constabulary said residents from parts of Tiruchi, including Thiruverumbur, had allegedly assisted the Maharashtra-based gang. A peculiar squad led by Thuvakudi Inspector Kamalahasan had been formed to hint much than 4 persons suspected to beryllium progressive successful the racket.
Further probe is nether way.
