Archive · 21 Jun 2025
Jabalpur Police Busts Fake Currency Racket, Seven Arrested
Some people in Jabalpur, India, were making fake 500 rupee notes.
The leader of the group printed the fake money in a rented house, and others would trade the fake notes for real ones.
Police caught them and arrested seven people, seizing a large amount of fake money and printing equipment.
Seven individuals were arrested in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh for operating a fake currency racket.
The counterfeit notes were of Rs 500 denomination.
The mastermind, Rituraj Vishwakarma, confessed to printing the fake notes.
Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 18 lakh were recovered.
The suspects exchanged four fake notes for one genuine note.
- Who
- Seven people, including Rituraj Vishwakarma, Ravi Dahiya, Dheeraj Banwani, Gaurav Tiwari, Jamna Prasad, Santosh Shrivastav, and Ajay Kumar Naveriya were arrested.
- What
- A fake Indian currency note (FICN) making unit was busted in Jabalpur, leading to the arrest of seven people.
- When
- The arrests were made on Saturday, June 21 (as reported).
- Where
- Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- To circulate counterfeit currency for profit.
Counterfeiters
Law Enforcement
Motivation
Counterfeiters
Financial gain through the distribution of counterfeit currency
Law Enforcement
Protection of the currency system and public trust
- Arrests
- 7
- Mastermind
- Rituraj Vishwakarma
- Fake Currency Recovered
- Rs 18 lakh face value
- Denomination
- Rs 500
- Location of Printing
- Adhartal area, Jabalpur
Sources
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