Former member of Latif gang nabbed, fake note worth 10 lakhs seized

Ahmedabad

The crime branch of Ahmedabad police today nabbed two criminals including a former member of notorious Latif gang and recovered fake notes worth Rs 10 lakh from them.

The duo had confessed to have pumped in counterfeit notes worth Rs 15 lakh brought from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh in the city markets earlier during Diwali.

Police said that Mohammed Ayub alias Babbu, a former member of Latif gang wanted in various cases including that of murder and a native of Haiderkapurva village of Amethi village in Uttar Pradesh who lives in Juhapura area of the city here, was nabbed first from Jivraj Mehta road with nine fake notes of Rs 500 denomination. He was caught on the basis of a tip off.

On his information his aide Mohammed Ishrar Darji, also a native of the same village of UP who came by a train from Delhi with Rs 10 lakh fake notes (all in Rs 500 and 1000 denomination) was caught from the railway station.

The duo was being interrogated.

DeshGujarat