Archive · 15 Aug 2025
Mumbai Counterfeit Note Case: Trio Sentenced, Served Time
Imagine someone made fake money, like a pretend ₹2,000 bill.
Three people in Mumbai were caught with these fake bills.
They brought the fake money from Malaysia, hiding it in things like cosmetics.
They used the fake money at places like Domino’s and a mall to buy things, even drugs.
The police found out they were also using banks and the mail to trade the fake money for real money.
The people admitted they did it, so the judge said they'd already served their time in jail, and can now go free.
A special NIA court sentenced three individuals for possessing and circulating counterfeit ₹2,000 notes in Mumbai.
The accused, Danish Petiwala, Kaleel Rahman, and Saraswati Dattaram, pleaded guilty to the charges.
The sentence given was equivalent to the five years they had already served in prison.
The fake notes were smuggled from Malaysia and intercepted by customs officials.
The accused used banking channels and postal services to exchange fake notes for genuine currency.
- Who
- Danish Petiwala, Kaleel Rahman, Saraswati Dattaram, Amir Mirza alias Rafiq Shaikh, and a contact named Kapoor were involved.
- What
- Danish Petiwala, Kaleel Rahman, and Saraswati Dattaram were sentenced for circulating counterfeit ₹2,000 notes.
- When
- The notes were found in 2020.
- Where
- Mumbai.
- Why
- The accused circulated counterfeit notes for financial gain.
- Court
- Special NIA Court
- Accused
- Danish Petiwala, Kaleel Rahman, Saraswati Dattaram
- Crime
- Circulation of counterfeit notes
- Sentence
- Time served (5 years)
- Origin of Notes
- Malaysia
- Date of Interception
- February 7, 2020