Fake notes printed at home in Bhopal:Accused with printing-press experience caught with ₹2.25 lakh counterfeit notes and equipment seized by police

Bhopal Police have arrested a man for printing counterfeit currency inside his home. Fake notes worth ₹2.25 lakh were recovered along with the equipment used in producing them. The accused, who previously worked at a printing press, was using his skills to design and print fake notes. Police are now investigating how long he had been running the racket and to whom the fake currency was supplied. Accused arrested with fake notes near slum area According to Piplani police station Sub-Inspector Anand Singh Parihar, police received information around 4 pm on Friday that a man near Shanti Nagar slum was trying to circulate fake notes.
A team cordoned off the area and arrested him. During the search, 23 counterfeit Rs 500 notes were recovered from his possession.
The accused was identified as Vivek Yadav, a resident of Murli Nagar, Karond. Counterfeit notes printed using computer and printer at home During interrogation, Vivek confessed that he had been printing fake currency at home using a computer and printer. His prior experience working at a printing press gave him the technical skills to design and print counterfeit notes. ₹2,25,500 in fake notes seized from house Following his disclosure, police raided his house. The search led to the recovery of 428 fake Rs 500 notes, taking the total seizure to Rs 2,25,500.
Police also confiscated a computer, printer, scanner, and other tools used to make counterfeit currency. Police are now trying to determine whether the fake notes had already been circulated in the market. Three major fake currency cases in MP within 2 months Khandwa – November 2: Imam arrested with ₹20 lakh in fake notes Police recovered counterfeit notes worth Rs 19.78 lakh from the room of imam Juber Ansari at a madrasa in Paithiya village.
The racket came to light after Malegaon Police arrested Juber and his associate with fake notes worth Rs 10 lakh, leading to the discovery of his involvement in Khandwa. Guna – November 15: Accused linked to fake currency gang arrested Guna Kotwali Police arrested another suspect linked to a fake currency network. Lallu Jat, an illegal arms dealer, was found involved in printing fake notes.
Earlier, on May 21, police had seized printing equipment and fake notes from Haripur Road underpass and arrested Avinash Kalawat and Nitesh Raghuwanshi, who later named more members of the gang. Mandsaur – October 28: Three arrested with ₹38,000 in counterfeit notes In Mandsaur’s YD Nagar area, police seized 76 fake ₹500 notes worth Rs 38,000 and arrested three men—Nisar Hussain, Riyaz Niyargar, and Deepak Kumar—from a tea stall at MIT Chauraha.