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

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.

fakenote The 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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Couple, son murdered by miscreants

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January 19,2020

Belagavi, Jan 19: Miscreants have murdered a couple and their son at Dodwad Village, about 50 km from here, in the wee hours on Sunday.

The victims were identified as Shvananda Basavanthappa Andanashetty, his wife Shanthavva and their son Vinod.

Senior Police officials visited the spot and a case was registered at Dodwad Police Station.

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Woman IPS officer assaulted, molested by Assam Riffle personnel

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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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