<p> City police busted a counterfeit currency and arms racket on Monday evening. Nine people were arrested and counterfeit currency with a face value of Rs 40 lakh along with a huge tranche of illegal arms was seized.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police believe the huge cache of arms and fake currency had their origin in Pakistan and were sneaked into the country through the Indo-Bangla border.<br /><br />City police Commissioner <br /><br />B G Jyothi Prakash Mirji said: “About six men, gunrunners and counterfeit currency operating from the Indo-Bangla border had come to the City to circulate the fake currency and also sell the arms to rowdy elements and other anti-social elements in the City.”<br /><br />Acting on a tip-off, a special police team lead by Assistant Commissioner of Police Nyamegoud from Ulsoorgate station raided a lodge in the City on Monday evening where they seized the loot and made the arrests.<br /><br />Pakistani connection<br /><br />Police sources said two of the nine arrested may be Pakistani nationals. <br />The arrested were identified as Rehman, 32, Jeevan Paramneet, 26, Santoo Singh, 21, Ranjith, 26, Pradeep, 28, Wasit, 26 all hailing from the Indo-Bangla border, Balu, 34, a rowdy sheeter from the City, Sambashiva, 35 and Mohan, 34, both rowdy sheeters hailing from Dharmavaram.<br /><br />The police seized 7,600 fake currency notes of Rs 500 face value and 200 fake currency notes of Rs 1,000 face value, totalling to Rs 40 lakh face value. <br /><br />The police have also recovered three carbine sten guns, six pistols, 40 bullets of 0.22 mm calibre and 20 bullets of 9 mm calibre. <br /><br />A case was registered at Sampangirama Nagar police station. A senior police official told Deccan Herald that they had information that the two suspected Pakistanis owned a printing press across the border where the fake currency might have been printed. <br /><br />Four suspects are natives of districts in West Bengal, bordering Bangladesh. <br />Police sources said the fake currency and illegal arms were brought into the country with an intention to subvert the economy and disturb the peace. <br /><br />However, police sources were skeptical of any links with the Inter Services Intelligence or ISI, Pakistan’s intelligence agency, or any other agency in Pakistan. <br />“They might be just circulators of fake currency and illegal arms. This is a business for them, nothing more may be,” said a senior officer. <br /><br />Balu, 34, a local rowdy from the City, was also arrested with the gang. <br />Police believe he is the gang’s main link to circulate fake currency and sell illegal arms to rowdy elements in Bangalore. <br /><br />Links with other states<br /><br />Suspects Sambashiva, 35, and Mohan, 34, who are from Dharmavaram in Tamil Nadu, might be the links for circulation in the neighbouring state, said the police.<br /><br />ACP Nyamegouda’s special team plans to go to West Bengal on Wednesday to further investigate the case. City Commissioner B G Jyothi Prakash Mirji, said investigations were at a preliminary stage. He declined further comment.<br /><br /></p>
<p> City police busted a counterfeit currency and arms racket on Monday evening. Nine people were arrested and counterfeit currency with a face value of Rs 40 lakh along with a huge tranche of illegal arms was seized.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police believe the huge cache of arms and fake currency had their origin in Pakistan and were sneaked into the country through the Indo-Bangla border.<br /><br />City police Commissioner <br /><br />B G Jyothi Prakash Mirji said: “About six men, gunrunners and counterfeit currency operating from the Indo-Bangla border had come to the City to circulate the fake currency and also sell the arms to rowdy elements and other anti-social elements in the City.”<br /><br />Acting on a tip-off, a special police team lead by Assistant Commissioner of Police Nyamegoud from Ulsoorgate station raided a lodge in the City on Monday evening where they seized the loot and made the arrests.<br /><br />Pakistani connection<br /><br />Police sources said two of the nine arrested may be Pakistani nationals. <br />The arrested were identified as Rehman, 32, Jeevan Paramneet, 26, Santoo Singh, 21, Ranjith, 26, Pradeep, 28, Wasit, 26 all hailing from the Indo-Bangla border, Balu, 34, a rowdy sheeter from the City, Sambashiva, 35 and Mohan, 34, both rowdy sheeters hailing from Dharmavaram.<br /><br />The police seized 7,600 fake currency notes of Rs 500 face value and 200 fake currency notes of Rs 1,000 face value, totalling to Rs 40 lakh face value. <br /><br />The police have also recovered three carbine sten guns, six pistols, 40 bullets of 0.22 mm calibre and 20 bullets of 9 mm calibre. <br /><br />A case was registered at Sampangirama Nagar police station. A senior police official told Deccan Herald that they had information that the two suspected Pakistanis owned a printing press across the border where the fake currency might have been printed. <br /><br />Four suspects are natives of districts in West Bengal, bordering Bangladesh. <br />Police sources said the fake currency and illegal arms were brought into the country with an intention to subvert the economy and disturb the peace. <br /><br />However, police sources were skeptical of any links with the Inter Services Intelligence or ISI, Pakistan’s intelligence agency, or any other agency in Pakistan. <br />“They might be just circulators of fake currency and illegal arms. This is a business for them, nothing more may be,” said a senior officer. <br /><br />Balu, 34, a local rowdy from the City, was also arrested with the gang. <br />Police believe he is the gang’s main link to circulate fake currency and sell illegal arms to rowdy elements in Bangalore. <br /><br />Links with other states<br /><br />Suspects Sambashiva, 35, and Mohan, 34, who are from Dharmavaram in Tamil Nadu, might be the links for circulation in the neighbouring state, said the police.<br /><br />ACP Nyamegouda’s special team plans to go to West Bengal on Wednesday to further investigate the case. City Commissioner B G Jyothi Prakash Mirji, said investigations were at a preliminary stage. He declined further comment.<br /><br /></p>
