Surat Police nab main accused of nationwide fake currency scam

Surat: Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi announced Rs. 2 lakh reward for policemen who nabbed the main accused of a nationwide fake currency scam, spread across 10 states.

A police team that was probing into fake currency notes found from Amroli in Surat got the lead that the main culprit of fake currency crime is in Chennai in Tamil Nadu state of South India. The police team raided the residence of the main accused Surya Selvaraj in Chennai and recovered Rs. 17 lakh fake currency notes. Primary questioning revealed that the accused had circulated Rs. 2.12 crore fake currency notes across India.

The staff of the Special Operation Group (SOG) of Surat Police camped in Chennai for three days and collected crucial details of accused Surya Selvaraj(36). Ahead of nabbing Surya, the SOG team roped in a staffer from the anti-mosquito team of the local civic body and through him, surveyed the street and residence of Surya. Surya was nabbed early in the morning while he was sleeping in the house. Surya was using a printing machine, cutter machine, lamination and heating machine, water marker, security thread and China papers for making fake currency notes and stamp papers. Surya has done 3D animation course. He would give Rs. 50,000 fake currency notes in exchange of Rs. 15,000 real notes. Shantilal Mevada, Vishnu Mevada, Michael Raiwan Fernandese are other accused nabbed in this case. DeshGujarat