Mumbai, April 20: The Kala Chowkie unit of the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested seven people from Santacruz following a tip off that a gang was trying to push fake currency notes into the market, the police said. They were found in possession of fake currency worth Rs 5,10,000.
Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mohan Kulkarni said the notes were in denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000. “All seven arrested are from Malda district in West Bengal,” he said.
The police arrested Mohammed Mobaraq Hasanullah Husaain (28), Humayun Sameejuddin Khan alias Tullu (26), Mohammed Mukhtar Ali Abdul Hamid (22), Mehdur Sarajuddin Shaikh alias Bittu (23), Badru Mehdi Hassan Shaikh (19), Mohammed Akbar Ali Mohammed Abdul Malik Shaikh (23) and Badal Afsaar Shaikh (20).
“We had made some seizures in 2009. This time we found the lacunae in those notes had been done away with,” Kulkarni said.
—–Agencies