Trio who paid Rs 32 lakh in fake notes to buy 1 kg gold arrested

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May 12, 2017

Bengaluru, May 12: Three men, who allegedly duped a city-based jeweller by paying him Rs 32 lakh in photocopied banknotes, were arrested by police on Wednesday.

fakenoteThe suspects had given photocopies of 2,000-rupee notes to buy one kg of gold on the busy KG Road in the heart of Bengaluru on April 24. Police gave their names as Vinod Tilakchand (45), Hemanth Gowda (33) and Harish Kumar (31) — all from Mysuru.

Fake identity

One of the suspects had assumed a fake identity of ‘Jugraj’, a businessman from Chikkamagaluru. He called the jeweller, Dinesh Kumar, on his mobile phone on the pretext of placing an order for one kilogram of jewellery “for his daughter’s wedding”.

Feigning preoccupation with the wedding preparations, he told Dinesh that his manager would hand over the cash to get the jewellery, police said.

Photocopies of notes

Accordingly, another suspect met Dinesh near Shikshakara Sadana on KG Road and handed over a bag containing photocopies of Rs 2,000 notes and took the delivery of gold jewellery.

He managed to divert Dinesh’s attention by engaging him in conversation and rode off before the jeweller could count the cash, police said.

When Dinesh returned to his shop and began counting the notes, he had the biggest shock of his life:?they were all photocopies. He then approached the jurisdictional Halasuru Gate police station and filed a complaint.

Police tracked down the suspects based on the call detail record (CDR) and arrested them in Mysuru. They have seized the gold along with a large amount of photocopied notes, a photocopier, two cars and other accessories.

The masterminds

Tilakchand and Gowda are believed to have masterminded the plot to con the jeweller while Harish supplied them fake notes. Harish also used to print cheques, bonds and fake notes and had cases against him in Mysuru, Chamarajanagar and Bengaluru, police added.

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May 12,2020

May 12: A Madhya Pradesh Police sub-inspector was fined Rs 5,000 after he performed a daredevil act of balancing himself on two moving cars, copying the famous stunt from Ajay Devgn-starrer 'Singham'.

Manoj Yadav, the in-charge of Narsinghgarh police post in Damoh district, was also warned against any such daredevilry in future, police sources said on Monday.

Sporting shades as the hero of the cop drama film and wearing his police uniform, Yadav got the entire episode video-graphed, they said.

As the video of the stunt went viral on social media, senior police officials took serious note of it as it will send wrong signals to youngsters, the sources said.

Inspector General, Sagar range, Anil Sharma directed Damoh Superintendent of Police Hemant Chauhan to probe the matter.

After an investigation, Chauhan imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the sub-inspector and warned him not to repeat such mistakes.

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January 21,2020

Tengnoupal, Jan 21: A woman IPS officer has alleged that a rifleman of Assam Rifles physically assaulted and molested her at a check post near Moreh town in Manipur's Tengnoupal district, police said on Tuesday.

Based on a written complaint of the IPS officer, an FIR has been registered against rifleman P K Pandey and a summon has been issued to him to appear before the concerned police station, the police said.

Manipur DGP L M Khaute told reporters on Monday, "We have made contacts with the Assam Rifles authorities. A complaint has been lodged by the officer." In her complaint, the IPS officer said that on reaching Khudengtabi check post on Sunday afternoon one of her escorts, who was not in uniform, told the frisking party of Assam Rifles to register their entry.

Despite showing their identity cards, the rifleman allegedly detained them, she said.

"We offered to search ourselves and the vehicle, but he was not interested", she said.

The rifleman began hitting the official vehicle and "misbehaved, humiliated, harassed and assaulted me and my escort personnel," she alleged.

The IPS officer also alleged that the rifleman molested her and when her escorts tried to intervene, he thrashed them.

She further accused the rifleman of making "sexually coloured" remarks against her, using abusive language and even tried to snatch her phone when she tried to call her senior officers.

The issue was brought under control after the matter was reported to the Brigadier of 26th Assam Rifles and the Major of the D-company of 12th AR, police said.

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March 12,2020

Mar 12: Three women were arrested for allegedly administrating fake coronavirus vaccines to villagers in Maharashtra's Jalna district, police said on Thursday.

The police on Wednesday arrested Beed residents Radha Ramnath Saamse, Seema Krishna Andhale and Sangeeta Rajendra Avhad, who allegedly posed as doctors and healthcare workers, an official said.

The trio met villagers of Pipalgoan in Ambad tehsil, informed them about a vaccine that could protect them from coronavirus and administered it to gullible locals, he said.

Some villagers informed Dr Mahadev Munde, a medical officer at a rural health centre, about this, after which a complaint was lodged, the official said.

Fake vaccines and bottles, which were seized from the accused, have been sent to the state health department, he said, adding that a case of cheating has been registered against the trio.

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