Rajkot Police nab one for printing fake currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 2000

Rajkot: The police here nabbed a 29-year-old youth for printing and using fake currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000.

The police have seized fake currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000, with a total face value of Rs 3.44 lakh, from the accused Vishal Padiya (age 29, residing at Vallabhnagar Society, Street No. 1, in front of Dmart on Kuvadva Road, Rajkot). The police stopped Vishal when he was passing through Gadhadiya Chokdi in Jasdan on a Honda Activa two-wheeler. The police found 30 fake currency notes of Rs 500 with him. During his inquiry conducted by the SOG (Special Operation Group of Police), he confessed that he had printed those notes himself.

The police raided his home and seized 160 fake currency notes of Rs 2000 and 18 fake currency notes of Rs 500. Police also found a computer, printer, scanner, paper-cutting machine, note-counting machine, papers, and other related items. Vishal studied diploma in engineering from LE College in Morbi. Currently, he is studying BBA at Shukla College in Rajkot. Firstly, he ordered high-quality papers from the Alibaba website and then started printing fake currency notes at his home using a computer, printer, and scanner. He also put threads in the fake currency notes. He used to remove threads from genuine currency notes of Rs 100 and insert them into the fake notes of Rs 2000 and Rs 500. Additionally, he watermarked the fake notes.

He used to submit the fake currency notes to a courier (Angadiya) firm and would receive them later. After submitting the fake currency notes at the Rajkot branch of the firm, he would collect them from the branches in Shapar and Metoda. DeshGujarat