Rs40,000 transferred to PNB bank account in Delhi

The investigation of the counterfeit currency notes has been transferred to the Detection of Crime Branch, Ahmedabad. The DCB took charge of the case on Wednesday and have found some primary information.

The police seized the Punjab National Bank account of one Parbat Shah. Police sources have revealed that the arrested men had deposited Rs40,000 of genuine currency notes in this account a few days ago. "The money was deposited in the Bopal branch of PNB bank," the source said.

Police raided the house of Ata-Ul-Rahman, the absconder, and found purchased articles from various markets of the city. Police said that Rahman went to West Bengal and returned to Manipur in Sanand on January 3, 2010. "He brought Rs3 lakhs with him to float in Ahmedabad markets," the source said. The police have also found that the FICN were of 13 different series of notes and were all of Rs500 and Rs1000 denomination.

The racket was busted by the Karanj police, when three people purchasing articles with the fake currency were nabbed on Tuesday. The whistle blower for the scam was Naresh Khirumal, a trader at the Bhadrakali Market. "He pointed at Rahman first, and two people who talked to Rahman were later on also cornered," the police source said. The other two arrested are Farooq Gobu Sheikh (22), Sena-Ul-Afsar Sheikh, both resident of Jhonpur in West bengal.