Two held with fake currency & pistols

Indore: Burhanpur police on Tuesday arrested two persons and recovered two country-made pistols, two live rounds, two Rs 500 notes, and 998 fake notes resembling Rs 500 note issued by fictitious ‘Children Bank of India'. A motorcycle used in the crime was also seized, with the total value of the recovered items estimated at around Rs 90,000.
SP Devendra Patidar said that police received a tip-off that two persons from Maharashtra were heading towards Shahpur on a motorcycle with intentions to defraud people using counterfeit currency. A team was formed and sent to the spot. The accused, Praveen Rathore (21) and Sagar Rathore (27), residents of Umare Kura Kakoda village in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, were found loitering suspiciously near the dhaba.
Upon searching them, police found the concealed firearms and fake currency notes. Questioning revealed that they would approach unsuspecting individuals with an offer to exchange counterfeit currency of Rs 1 lakh for Rs 1.10 lakh in genuine money. They would pack real Rs 500 notes at the top and bottom of the bundle and fill the middle with fake notes. During the exchange, they would create panic by shouting "police, police" and flee the scene with the real money, leaving behind the fake notes.
The case was registered at Shahpur police station under Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act.