Demonetised Notes Of Rs 4.76 Crore Face Value Seized In Gujarat, 2 Arrested

Ahmedabad:

Demonetised forex notes with the face price of Rs four.76 crore had been recovered in Gujarat’s Godhra the city and two individuals had been held on this connection, police mentioned these days.

The 2 males had been arrested following a raid carried out by means of the Particular Operations Crew (SOG) of Godhra police on Tuesday evening, a commentary issued by means of the state Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) mentioned. The ATS had given a tip-off about it.

All over the raid, the police stuck Zuber Hayat and Farookh Chhota. On the other hand, key accused, Idrish Hayat, controlled to flee all the way through the operation, it mentioned.

In keeping with a particular tip-off that some individuals had been occupied with unlawful transactions of scrapped notes, the Godhra SOG first raided a spot close to Med Circle and recovered 5 bundles of such notes of Rs 1,000 denomination from Chhota, it mentioned.

After his interrogation, the SOG crew reached Dhantya Plot space of Godhra and located a number of bundles of outdated forex notes hidden in a automobile and a area owned by means of Idrish Hayat and his son Zuber.

Whilst Idrish controlled to esccape, his son used to be stuck by means of the police, the ATS mentioned.

Police have jointly recovered nine,312 notes of Rs 1,000 and 76,739 notes of Rs 500 denomination, with the whole face price of Rs four,76,81,500.

“Idrish Hayat is already dealing with an identical fees and he’s lacking because the closing two years in a prior case. The Godhra SOG will habits additional probe about what the accused deliberate to do with those notes, that have been scrapped by means of the federal government in 2016,” Panchmahal Superintendent of Police, Leena Patil, mentioned.
 

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