BHUBANESWAR: Commissionerate of Police on Tuesday nabbed Raj Kishore Tudu of Bangriposi, the prime accused of fake currency racket which was busted at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district two weeks back. Later, he was handed over to Baripada Town Police.
Rak Kishore was apprehended from the City railway station, a few minutes after he deboarded a train from Chennai. Details about his links with the racket were revealed by Sagen Tudu who was arrested in Baripada on March 10. Sagen was trying to use a fake `500 note at a local market. The cops seized 32 fake currency notes of `500 denomination from his house in Baripada.
Nayapalli police recovered a computer and a colour printer from a hideout pointed out by Raj Kishore in Salia Sahi here.
Another person, Ratnakar Singh, was arrested from Nayapalli on the basis of Sagen’s information. Police seized a few bundles of coloured papers which were allegedly being used to photocopy original `500 notes.
While it is being investigated whether the fake note printing factory is running in the Twin City, sources said there are chances that the trio procured counterfeit currency from Chennai, Kolkata or Jharkhand.
Police Commissioner YB Khurania had recently formed a special team led by a DCP-ranked officer to probe into the fake currency case. The team is also tracing out the roots of another racket which is operating from West Bengal and pumping counterfeit currency into the State Capital through Jharkhand and Bihar.
A Jharkhand-based youth possessing fake `2000 notes was arrested by police from Kalpana Square here earlier this month. The Twin City police is likely to conduct a series of searches in a couple of days to nab more suspects associated with the racket.