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Wednesday, Jan 05, 2005

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Man held with fake dollars

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, JAN. 4. A 70-year-old man was arrested near Turkman Gate in Central Delhi on Monday by officers of the Special Cell of the Delhi police for allegedly possessing counterfeit U.S. dollars equivalent to over Rs. 17 lakhs. The accused, who was earlier arrested here by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on charges of smuggling drugs in 1993, had allegedly obtained the fake dollars during a visit to Pakistan.

According to the police, the Special Cell received a tip-off that an aged person living in the Turkman Gate area was circulating fake dollars in the market. Subsequently, the police mounted a raid and arrested him after fake hundred-dollar bills worth over Rs. 17 lakhs were recovered from a bad in his possession. The accused was identified as Allauddin.

During interrogation, Allauddin allegedly disclosed that he had visited Pakistan about 11 month ago and returned with his cousin, Akhlaque, who lives in Lahore. He claimed that Akhlaque was a frequent visitor to Delhi and had supplied the fake dollars to him during that visit.

The police found that one of the bundles of dollars was wrapped with a blank letterhead of a Lahore-based export firm, confirming that they had been supplied from Pakistan.

The police are trying to track down Akhlaque.

Businessman held

A 39-year-old businessman who was allegedly circulating counterfeit currency of Rs. 1,000 denominations in the Capital was arrested from South Delhi by the Special Cell on Monday. The police recovered notes worth Rs. 4 lakhs.

The Special Cell had information that a Sadar Bazar businessman, Naresh Jain, had been dealing in fake currency. Acting on a tip-off that he would come to South Extension in his Honda City car to deliver a consignment, the police laid a trap and arrested him with the notes.

During interrogation, Naresh disclosed that around two years ago, he came in contact with Harjesh Narain, a resident of Punjab, who lured him into the business of fake currency. The police said Harjesh was arrested along with a Pakistani national, Kamran Gohar, on charges of supplying fake currency in 2000. The Special Cell had then recovered notes worth Rs. 8 lakhs from their possession.

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