A 27-year-old man Ravi Sandhu was surfing YouTube when he came across a video tutorial on how to print fake Indian currency two years back. Inspired by the video, he bought a computer and a printer and began to print fake notes in the denomination of Rs 2000, 500 and 200.
The man first started to circulate the fake currency in the remote areas of Punjab but after a crackdown by the police, he shifted to Delhi. He would circulate these notes at weekly markets and liquor shops and that too late in the evening when they would be crowded.
The police have now seized his set up and fake notes with a face value of Rs 1.38 lakhs. The man has confessed to having printed the notes of Rs 10 lakh till date.
Ravi belongs to Ludhiana but lived in a rented accommodation in Vishnu Garden of southwest Delhi. During interrogation, he said that Punjab Police had arrested him as well for running the fake currency racket.
After the man came to Delhi, he became more careful in his activities and would change his hideout every three months to avoid being caught by the police. Also, he made sure not to visit the same shop twice to spread the fake notes.
An FIR has been registered against Sandhu and a probe is on to find out if he had any accomplices.
The accused would download pictures of notes and then take printouts on normal paper. The notes would be cut in the proper shape to match the size of the original note. He would also keep the notes in the wet places and crumple them before circulating them in the markets so that they assumed the look of original currency.
His fake currency racket was busted in Delhi after the police received a tip-off about his activities in a weekly market. The trap was laid at multiple places by the police and the man was nabbed when he reached a shop with fake notes.
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