Hyderabad: In three separate cases, TS and AP police on Tuesday arrested seven persons, including Maoist sympathisers, while they were trying to exchange demonetised currency.
In a separate incident, two Hyderabadi natives were arrested by Rajasthan police while they were carrying Rs 8 lakh in demonetised currency. In Khammam district, Cherala police arrested two suspected Maoist sympathisers with Rs 70,000 in demonetised currency, belonging to Naxals.
According to Cherala sub-inspector Ravinder, two petty businessmen — G. Rajesh and Ajit M., were arrested near Taliperu, on the TS-Chhattisgarh border.
“They were given old currency by Naxals and had gone to Hyderabad where they bought jungle boots and other articles for Maoists. They were unable to exchange Rs 70,000 in demonetised currency with new notes. We recovered the cash,” the SI said.
In Suryapet, two persons were arrested with 75 new Rs 2,000 notes at Gaddipally village. Police suspects that they were illegally exchanging demonetised currency for commission.
In Kurnool, Mantralayam police arrested three persons and seized Rs 4 lakh in Rs 2000 and Rs 100 denominations that they were trying to exchange for demonetised currency on commission.
Inspector K. Nageshwar Rao said that the three persons, Praveen Kumar, Shivappa and Nazeer Ahmed were natives of Gilke Sugur of Karnataka. They had reached AP to give the money to a trader at huge commission. In Rajasthan, two persons were arrested with demonetised currency notes of Rs 1,000 worth Rs 8 lakh at Kota railway station.
The duo, Mohammed Ghouse, 32, and Sheikh Abdul Wahid, 40, both residents of Hyderabad, were arrested on Monday night from the Jaipur-Mysore Express they had boarded.
