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Jammu, April 03:

A complaint was lodged in PP Talab Tillo by one person(pan shop owner) that two boys on motorcycle came to his shop and purchased a cigarette packet against a fake note of Rs. 500 of Indian currency, on inquiring about the fake currency boys fled away.

On this, case FIR No. 63/2021 u/s 489B IPC got registered at P/S Nowabad.

On this special team of PP Talab Tillo were constituted.The team led by I/C PP Talab Tillo Inspr. Kali Charan connected the various leads and finally with the help of CCTV footages and other technical aids arrested the two accused namely

1.Sachin Kumar S/o Ashok Kumar R/o Sari Rakwalan Ghomanhasan

2.Rohit Sharma S/o Kuldeep Raj

 R/o Talab Tillo Jammu.

During sustained questioning accused disclosed the names of two other persons involved namely Vipin Pandita S/o Late Bansi Lal Pandita R/o Om Nagar Udhaywala near Elite Public school A/p Huzari Bagh Jammu and Rajesh Ganjoo owner of zodiac studio at Anand Nagar. Police have arrested the two accused and on their disclosure fake currency notes amounting Rs.12000, Scales, Coloured Tapes, Sheets, Computer, scissors, Printer and Water Mark stamps were recovered from their home and shops at Anandnagar Bohri Jammu.

 It is pertinent to mention that the design was made in the laptop of the main accused person namely Vipin Pandita and printouts of notes were  made at Zodiac studio. Also, Vipan Pandita was working on installing specialized printers to print counterfeit Indian currency on large scale. The overall arrest and recovery in the case was made under the supervision of Dy.SP Hqrs. Swati Sharma.

Further investigation of the case is going on.