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Three held for melting coins

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NEW DELHI: Three persons have been arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi police for allegedly melting coins and supplying the metal to units manufacturing pressure cookers, utensils and artificial jewellery in the Capital.Sixteen slabs of molten coins weighing 893 kg have allegedly been seized.

Acting on a tip-off, a Crime Branch team laid a trap near Rohini East metro railway station on July 30 and arrested Mukesh Kumar Keshwani (51) when he allegedly came to deliver slabs of molten coins to Brij Kishor Gupta (49) of Rohini Sector 7. During interrogation, Mukesh purportedly told the police that his accomplice Vijay Singh of Kanpur would procure coins from local shopkeepers and supply them to Brij Kishor’s furnace in Lucknow for melting. Based on the disclosure, the police arrested Vijay and Brij Kishor and sealed the factory.

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