<p>Two men have been arrested in Anand Vihar of east Delhi for allegedly being involved with an organised gang dealing in circulation of fake Indian currency.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Fake notes with a face value of Rs 6 lakh have been recovered from Mohammad Ayub and Vinod, both aged 32 and natives of UP’s Bijnor district.<br /><br />“The notes are of very fine quality and the standard security features like watermark, security thread and paper quality used in them makes detection very difficult,” a senior police official said.<br /><br />The official said the notes were being smuggled to Delhi from West Bengal, and it is suspected that they were being pumped into West Bengal from Bangladesh. <br /><br />“We were informed that the gang had been supplying fake notes to people in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and the NCR for a long time,” the official added.<br /><br />A trap was laid near Anand Vihar ISBT on August 21 following information that Ayub and Vinod had a consignment of counterfeit currency provided by a big-time smuggler Javed, who hails from West Bengal’s Malda district, said the official. They were apprehended and fake currency notes in 12 packets were recovered.<br /><br />“We are verifying whether this particular consignment came from Bangladesh,” the official said.<br /><br />Delhi Police are conducting raids to unearth the entire racket.<br /></p>
<p>Two men have been arrested in Anand Vihar of east Delhi for allegedly being involved with an organised gang dealing in circulation of fake Indian currency.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Fake notes with a face value of Rs 6 lakh have been recovered from Mohammad Ayub and Vinod, both aged 32 and natives of UP’s Bijnor district.<br /><br />“The notes are of very fine quality and the standard security features like watermark, security thread and paper quality used in them makes detection very difficult,” a senior police official said.<br /><br />The official said the notes were being smuggled to Delhi from West Bengal, and it is suspected that they were being pumped into West Bengal from Bangladesh. <br /><br />“We were informed that the gang had been supplying fake notes to people in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and the NCR for a long time,” the official added.<br /><br />A trap was laid near Anand Vihar ISBT on August 21 following information that Ayub and Vinod had a consignment of counterfeit currency provided by a big-time smuggler Javed, who hails from West Bengal’s Malda district, said the official. They were apprehended and fake currency notes in 12 packets were recovered.<br /><br />“We are verifying whether this particular consignment came from Bangladesh,” the official said.<br /><br />Delhi Police are conducting raids to unearth the entire racket.<br /></p>