Davangere: Police busted a fake currency racket involved in printing and circulating fake Indian currency and nabbed six persons and confiscated notes worth Rs 7.7 lakh, a car, laptops, colour printers and paper cutters.
Speaking to media persons, here on Wednesday, Superintendent of Police Uma Prashanth said following tip-off on attempts to circulate fake Indian currency notes, police rushed to the service road near Hanagawadi village in Harihar taluk and nabbed two persons-Talavara Kuberappa (58) and Harish (29), residents of Davangere taluk and seized Rs 37,000 fake notes of Rs 500 denominations. Based on the details given by them, police nabbed J Rudresh (39), native of Bhadravathi taluk, Manoj Gowda (21) of T Narasipur taluk, Mysuru district, Sandeep (30) of Mandya district, Krishna Naik (28) of Holalkere taluk and seized Rs 9,000 fake notes of Rs 500 denominations and a car used to circulate fake Indian currency notes. Later, the police rushed to Mysuru and raided a rented house of Rudresh at Kuragalli Megala Koppalu in Mysuru district where fake notes were being printed and seized fake notes and Rs 43,000 valid notes.
