In two separate incidents, Bhavnagar Special Operation Group (SOG) arrested six persons on September 6, from Bhavnagar District and Gir Somnath District of Gujrat for running a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) printing and circulation racket, reports The Times of India.
A total number of 13 FICN of INR 2,000 denominations and 120 FICN of INR 500 were seized from them. Among those arrested was a government doctor Rakesh Nagotha, who was working with the Khutwada public health centre (PHC). The others are identified as Chirag Makwana, Bhagat Gudala, Paresh Solanki, Pratik Nakum and Jasha Koli. Chirag Makwana along with Nagotha and Gudala were arrested from Mota Khutwada Village in Bhavnagar District. After arrest, the three led the Police to Solanki, Nakum and Koli where the FICNs were printed in Dhokalva village (Gir Somnath District).
In further search at the house of Chirag Makwana, 27 more fake notes of INR 2,000 denomination were seized, reports The Times of India on September 9. So far, the Bhavnagar SOG seized a total of 53 fake notes of INR 2,000 denomination, 116 currency notes of INR 500 denomination, two currency notes of INR 200 denomination and eight notes of INR 100 denomination.