By IANS
New Delhi : The fake currency notes seized here Monday were printed in Pakistan and meant for disposal in the capital and neighbouring Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, Delhi Police said Tuesday.
"The currency was printed in Pakistan and illegally brought in the country through Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Alok Kumar said.
On Monday, police arrested three suspected spies of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) – identified as Mohammed Muslim, Wasim and Naim – outside Kumsum restaurant, near the Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in south Delhi with counterfeit Indian currency nominally worth Rs.3.5 million.
According to police, information was received earlier this month that Shahid Iqbal Kana, a resident of Lahore with ISI backing, was operating a big racket to p+ump fake Indian currency in the country.
"After keeping technical and manual surveillance, it was learnt that Kana had deputed Wasim and Mohammed Muslim, both residents of Uttar Pradesh, to collect a huge consignment of fake Indian currency near the Nizamuddin station from the third accused," Alok Kumar said.
He added that the trio were arrested and 35 plastic packets containing fake Indian currency in the denomination of Rs.1,000 and Rs.500 were recovered from them.
"During the interrogations of Wasim, it was revealed that he joined hands with Kana in 2004 and started supplying fake currency in smaller towns of Uttar Pradesh after taking the consignment from Nepal," Kumar said.
Police were interrogating the other accused and further investigations were on.