TIRUPATI: The CCS police of Tirupati arrested a ten-member gang accused of printing and circulating counterfeit currency notes across Andhra Pradesh.
A team lead by CCS DySP R. Ravi Shankar Reddy, Srikalahasthi SDPO Rama Krishna and CI T. Madhu seized fake notes worth Rs 10 lakh along with 14 diamonds of 19.22 carats, two laptops, printers, scanner and other materials used for printing the fake currency.
According to Tirupati (Urban) district SP K.K.N. Anbu Rajan, the accused were identified as Attar Mohammad Ali, 55 and his son Moham-mad Khaja Imran, 27, E. Navneeth Kumar, 27, A. Bala Kumar, 29, B. Pavan Kumar, 23, M. Naidu, 37, P. Mohan, 40, V. Charan Kumar, 23, D.P.S. Varma, 50, and B. Murali Krishna, 33.
They are all from various parts of AP. Mr Anbu Rajan said that the police received the information about the gang’s activities from the prime accused in the case, Attar Mohammad Ali and his son Mohammad Khaja Imran who were caught trying to exchange fake notes at an outlet in the city on Thursday.
The CCS police on Friday raided a house in Nidamanur village near Vijayawada following the details spolled by the two prime members of the gang. During the raids, police arrested the remaining eight members of the gang and seized the fake currency and other materials. The arrested were sent to remand and further investigation is on, he added.
