ES Reporter 

ITANAGAR, Aug 24: The Naharlagun Police has busted a counterfeit currency racket, which was operating in Arunachal Pradesh and other Northeastern states, and arrested two of the gang members, including a woman.
According to the Itanagar Capital Complex SP Jimmy Chiram, the fraudsters, who possessed a fake currency printing machine, would cheat the innocent people “in the name of doubling money” by posing themselves to be RBI officials.
On August 18, police received an  FIR  from one Mohna Lingfa of D-Sector, Naharlagun to the effect that she was cheated of a sum of Rs 20 Lakh by two persons who introduced themselves as Rakesh Das and Raton Das, impersonating as RBI officials.
Consequent upon receipt of the written FIR a case vide NLG PS Case No-103/22 u/s 419/420/120-B IPC was registered and taken up for investigation, informed SP Jimmy  Chiram.
A team led by SDPO Naharlagun D Gumja including Inspector  K Yangfo, SI SS Jha and others took up the investigation. It was disclosed that a gang based at Bangalmara, Assam consisted of Bilal Hussain @ Rakesh Das, Mazarul Islam @ Raton Das and Roshidul Islam, posed as RBI officials and cheated people in the name of doubling money using a money printing machine.  Rido Yalum, a local woman from  Naharlagun was helping in finding targets in the Itanagar area.
On 23 August last, police team arrested Rido Yalum from Naharlagun and conducted raid at Laluk, Assam and arrested Bilal Hussain @ Rakesh Das. Further, Rs 19,75,000 in bank accounts have been identified and frozen out of 20 lakh. Further, fake currency printing machines, counterfeit notes and other items used for cheating have been seized by Police, informed the SP.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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