The Tribune, January 6, 2002

Illegal deals in foreign notes busted
Our Correspondent

Gurgaon, January 5. With the arrest of five persons, the district police claimed to have busted a gang involved in selling of foreign currency.

Senior Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Singh Siag informed that a team of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) raided a house in Om Nagar, Gurgaon, and found five persons in possession of currency notes of various countries and a fake certificate of currency.

The arrested persons have been identified as Rajbir Singh, Suresh Kumar and Ajay Kumar, residents of Delhi, and Narender Kumar and Hukum Singh, residents of Om Nagar, Gurgaon.

Ajay Kumar was carrying a fake currency certificate bearing the no. 142239011, on which it was mentioned that the United States of America had issued it and that it had a value of $ one million (Rs. 4.6 crore in Indian currency). Some other currency notes of Iran, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal were also recovered from His accomplices. The city police station lodged an FIR under sections 420 and 411 of the IPC and produced the culprits before the magistrate.