Lucknow: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two alleged key conspirators in a counterfeit currency racket after fake Indian currency notes with valued at Rs 17.29 crore were recovered from the Punjab National Bank (PNB) currency chest in Saharanpur.
The case came to light on Aug 29, when the Sadar bazaar police station in Saharanpur received information about the recovery of counterfeit notes worth Rs 17.29 crore from the PNB currency chest.
The counterfeit notes were routed through several accused before being deposited in the PNB currency chest at the bank’s Civil Lines branch in Saharanpur, according to investigators. The NIA said the arrested men were close associates of Adesh Choudhary and others already held in the case and were part of a conspiracy to introduce counterfeit currency into the banking system. During the preliminary inquiry, the involvement of three bank employees also came to light, following which the bank suspended them, the agency said.
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