Gujarat (Islamist/Other Conflicts): Timeline (Terrorist Activities) -2015

Two persons, identified as Tosifkul Shekharchand Sheikh and Rajibul Alloudin Shaikh were arrested from Sayajigunj locality in Vadodara on March 15 for allegedly circulating Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with the face value of INR 278,000, reports Business Standard. Both of them hail from Malda District of West Bengal, were found in possession of fake currency in denominations of INR 1,000 and INR 500, said H B Vora, Police Inspector (Special Operation Group). Police also recovered genuine currency worth INR 82,000 and mobile phones from the duo. They have confessed to having collected INR 82,000 by circulating FICN in Vadodara. It was revealed that the duo used to target shops in crowded areas where shopkeepers do not have time to verify the notes provided to them. Read less...

On March 23, Police arrested five residents of Bhavnagar, identified as Mahendrasinh Gohil (31), Kava Mer (42), Laxman Gohil (45), Raju Dodiya (35) and Bhupat Zapadia (42), along with Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) near GIDC (Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation) in Bharatnagar area of Rajkot, reports The Times of India. "We got information that Mahendrasinh, Kava, Laxman and Raju are going to meet Zapadia to get fake currency notes on Monday afternoon near GIDC in Bharatnagar. As soon as they exchanged some material, we detained them and found four bundles of currency notes from their bag. There were 385 notes of Rs 500 denomination each. Moreover, the serial number was same on all the currency notes (7lk 455574 and 7lk 555570)'' said an unnamed official. Special Operations Group (SOG) officials said that Zapadiya printed FICN by scanning genuine currency notes and used the photoshop software to make them look genuine. Police seized various items like scanner, printer and other items. Police is also investigating since how long had they been involved in this activity and how many notes have already been circulated. Read less...

The Special Operations Group (SOG) of Bhavnagar Police arrested Swami Akshar Prakashdas of the Swaminarayan sect's Gurukul in Dhasa village of Bhavnagar District on March 28 for his alleged connection to a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) racket, reports The Times of India. Police have also detained Chandu Patel an alleged middle man in the racket. Prakashdas was booked under various provisions of section 489 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) that deal with FICN. Police sources said the Swami's name cropped up during the questioning of the five accused held earlier in FICN racket that was busted last week in Bhavnagar. "During their questioning, the accused told us that they had given INR 3,00,000 in FICN to Akshar Prakashdas in exchange for INR 1,50,000 genuine notes," said a Police official. Sources said that the Swami told Police he had given back INR 1,50,000 FICN to the accused as he was scared of circulating them. He had allegedly burnt the rest after he learnt of their arrest. Read less...