Fake In India': Techie praised by Modi arrested for printing fake Rs 2K notes

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December 3, 2016

New Delhi, Dec 3: A budding engineer, whose “innovation” was appreciated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at aMake In India' event last year, has now been arrested for printing fake notes of newly introduced currency of Rs 2,000.

abhinavThe 21-year-old B.Tech graduate Abhinav Verma, who also belongs to an Indian Army family, was arrested by Punjab police wit Rs 42 lakh fake currency in the denomination of Rs 2,000 notes in Mohali, Punjab on Thursday.

He was arrested over a tip-off provided to Punjab police, along with two of his accomplices – his cousin Vishakha Verma and Ludhiana-based property dealer Suman Nagpal. According to sources, the trio were duping people by exchanging fake currency (of Rs 2,000) with old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on a 30 per cent commission.

Parminder Singh, SP Mohali said that the fake currency was recovered on Wednesday from a brand new luxury Audi SUV which was used by Abhinav. The vehicle also had a red beacon, which is allowed only for VVIPs only.

In last few days Punjab police officials across India have been conducting raids to arrest two members of the gang who slipped away. The cops said that the currency given by the gang to their customers even after charging customers was fake.

The cops were stunned when they found that Abhinav Verma is the same person whose work was appreciated by Narendra Modi at Make India event last year.

According to reports, Abhinav is an engineering graduate who is into manufacturing sensors which are supposed to be installed in the sticks for visually handicapped. Abhinav's office is in Chandigarh and it was also used to print fake currency of Rs 2,000 denomination at his office only.

While Abhinav and his cousin Vishakha Verma, an MBA student printed the fake currency, the property dealer was responsible played the role of dispensing it to people who were looking to convert their unaccounted wealth to the new currency. The cops found notes with same serial number.

Last year, Abhinav got a mention from PM Modi in December at the Indian Science Congress in Bengaluru. At the age of 18, he created “Live Braille”, a device to help the vision-impaired to walk without a walking stick.

It gained popularity and was touted as an innovation under the “Make In India' programme. Live Braille has reportedly won awards at major engineering institutes across the country and at Illinois State University. It also won the TiEGER Award by TiE Silicon Valley USA.

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A. Mangalore
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Saturday, 3 Dec 2016

One of Bangladeshi terrorist has liked Zakir Naik's face book talk.
His organization is banned.
Now Modi praised Abhinav and Abhinav is inspired with Mr. Modi
Now what action you take against Modi ????
Thousand dollar question.

abdullah
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Saturday, 3 Dec 2016

Now Modi should be arrested and his all outfits should be banned.
Because this youth is inspired by Modi...

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July 16,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Former union minister and Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said that if at all there is a political future for Sachin Pilot it is in the Congress party.

While speaking to news agency, Moily said Sachin Pilot achieved everything by being in Congress party.

"Sachin Pilot became MP, union minister in UPA-II, PCC president in Rajasthan and Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Whatever grievances you have, it needs to be resolved within the forum of the party. There is no hurry for Sachin Pilot. If at all there is a future for him it is in the Congress party. He has to realise that. He says he won't join BJP, it is good," Moily said.

The former Union Minister Moily further said that Pilot could not become Chief Minister as in Congress, the high command sends an observer and opinion of MLAs is ascertained, be it in Madhya Pradesh or Rajasthan.

"The leader who enjoys the support of elected MLAs is made Chief Minister," Moily said.
On July 14, Congress party had sacked Sachin Pilot from the post of Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan and also from PCC president.

The Rajasthan Congress is in turmoil over the past few days. State Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has blamed the BJP for attempting to destabilise the state government by poaching MLAs. The Congress government in the state is facing a political crisis after simmering differences between Pilot and Ashok Gehlot came out in the open.

A controversy broke out in Rajasthan after Special Operation Group (SOG) sent a notice to Pilot to record his statement in the case registered by SOG in the alleged poaching of Congress MLAs in the state.

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April 9,2020

Kalaburagi, Apr 9: An FIR has been lodged against the management and staff of Bahamani Super Speciality Hospital here in Kalaburagi allegedly for not following procedures meant to deal with COVID-19 and hiding details of patients with coronavirus symptoms, said District Deputy Commissioner Sharath B on Wednesday.

The district family welfare department official and nodal officer of KPME Kalaburagi took cognisance of the reports that the private hospitals in the district are not informing the government about patients having COVID-19 symptoms and they are only reporting about such cases at the last moment.

"It has come to our light that some private hospitals in Kalaburagi city are hiding information about the patients who are having COVID-19 like symptoms and these cases are not being reported on time to us," said the District Deputy Commissioner.

"We verified the records of these hospitals and it is clear now that they are revealing the serious cases in the last moment when the treatment has not given any help to patients. Only then such cases are bringing to ESI hospital in Kalaburagi. We have taken steps to quarantine the entire staff member of Bahamani hospital. We have taken legal steps against them for non-compliance of the orders issued to them and for not reporting this matter to us at the earliest stage," he said.

A case has been registered under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 column 51, 58 and sections 269 and 188 of the Indian Penal Code.

He further said that two new cases were reported positive on April 8 and one person has succumbed to the infection because he was having a severe respiratory infection.
He appealed to everyone to strictly follow lockdown restrictions and not violate Section 144 at any cost.

Speaking about the attacks on Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) and Anganwadi workers, who were given a task to collect travel details of locals in view of coronavirus crisis, Sharath said: "Some of the health workers, ASHA and Anganwadi workers, who have been given a task to going from door to door to verify health status were troubled unnecessarily, saying that they have come to collect data for NRC and NPR."

"They are doing a survey on behalf of the district administration as they have to gather travelling information so that a person can be quarantined to contain COVID-19 spread. There has been an attack, a case has been registered in this regard," he said.

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May 19,2020

Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), May 19: Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has issued a fatwa asking Muslims to offer their Eid prayers this time at home, instead of congregating at mosques.

The directive comes amid a nationwide lockdown to slow down the spread of coronavirus.

Despite the relaxations announced in the lockdown, religious and other large gatherings are still banned.

The fatwa was issued in response to a query put to the seminary, its spokesman Ashraf Usmani said.

The fatwa said the Eid namaz can be offered in the same manner that the Friday prayers are now being read at home.

It said not holding the namaz in the usual manner is pardonable in circumstances such as these.

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