Jaipur, Oct 23 (PTI) Police have arrested four more people, including the alleged mastermind, in connection with a counterfeit currency racket in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur district, officials said on Friday.
With the latest arrests, the number of people apprehended in the case has risen to six, they said.
The accused were identified as Ravi alias Ashish Mishra, 25, a resident of Pratapgarh, Mohammad Arif of Kanpur, both in Uttar Pradesh, Anand alias Pushkar, 20, from Ambala in Haryana, and Tarun, 27, from Durg in Chhattisgarh.
The arrests were made by the district police’s cyber cell and special team following raids in different states under ‘Operation Noteflix’, launched by Superintendent of Police Manish Kumar.
Police had earlier arrested Bhavesh Khatik, 23, and Nayan Joshi, 19, both residents of Dungarpur, on September 30 and seized counterfeit currency notes worth Rs 4.95 lakh, a printer and other material.
According to police, the accused got the idea of printing counterfeit currency after watching a web series. PTI SDA AG RHL
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