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SPECIAL CELL DATED: 24.6.2013
Special Cell busts Bangla Desh based syndicate involved in pumping & circulating FICN in India
A team of Special Cell under the supervision of Sh Manishi Chandra, ACP/Special Cell/NDR of Delhi Police has busted a Bangla Desh based Syndicate involved in pumping and circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in different parts of India. During the operation, total FICN of Rs 16 lakhs have been recovered and four accused persons belonging to Maharashtra and West Bengal were arrested. The recovered FICN is of very fine quality and suspected to be printed in Pakistan and being routed in to India through Bangladesh border at Malda, West Bengal. ACase vide FIR No.27/2013 Dated 20.06.2013 U/S 489(B) 489(C) IPC r/w 120B IPC was registered at PS Special Cell, Lodhi Colony, New Delhi in this regard.
OPERATION:- For the last two months, an operation was launched by Special Cell to bust the syndicate involved in pumping & circulating FICN in India. During the operation it was revealed that one syndicate based in Malda, West Bengal is involved in such activities. The gang used to obtain Pakistan printed Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) through Bangla Desh Border and then circulated through various persons across the India. The members of the syndicate from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, UP, Haryana and Rajasthan used to collect the consignment of FICN from Kolkata/Malda and then the same was distributed in their respective areas. One Shahjahan r/o Kaliachak, Malda, West Bengal is heading this syndicate based in Malda.
During the operation in the night of 19.06.2013, on the basis of specific information two persons namely Laxman Mithapraand Dinesh Gorasava were apprehendedfrom outside the Jantar Mantar, Connaught Place, New Delhi while in possession ofFake Indian Currency notes of Rs 8 Lakh in denomination of Rs 1000 &Rs 500 notes. Both the accused persons are members of syndicate and involved in pumping & circulating fake Indian Currency Notes in India. The accused persons had come to Delhi to supply the consignment of Fake currency to another person in Delhi.
Accused persons revealed that they had received the recovered consignment of FICN at Kolkata from Shahjahan through one Anand r/o Mumbai.During interrogation accused persons revealed that above mentioned Anand is presently in Kolkata and there he would receive a consignment of FICN from Shahjahan.
During the course of further investigation, on 22.06.2013 two more accused persons Anand Tarapado Bahg and co accused Mohd Babar Sheikh were arrested from near the entry gate of Dakshineshwar Railway Station, 24 Pargana North, West Bengal while they were exchanging the consignment of FICN. A total of Rs 8 /- Lakh FICN having notes of denomination of Rs 1000/- & Rs 500/-. Indian currency of Rs 2/- Lakh was also recovered from accused Anand which was being paid against the delivery of FICN.
During the interrogation of accused persons it was revealed that on the direction of Shahjahan r/o Kaliachak, Malda, accused Babar had come to deliver the recovered consignment of FICN to co accused Anand when both of them were apprehended.
Details of accused persons:-
1.Gopal Laxman Mithapras/o Sh Jakrabai Mithapra r/o Vasai East, Distt Thane, Maharashtra, on rent, Age 35 Yrs,
2.Dinesh Gorasava s/o Sh Vircharan Gorasava r/o Ville Parle West, Mumbai, age- 35 Yrs,
3.Mohd Babar Sheikh s/o Sh Abdul Majid Sheikh r/o Kaliachak,Distt Malda West Bengal, Age- 24 Yrs.
4.Anand Tarapado Bahg s/o Late Sh Tarapado Bahg r/o Vasai Distt Thane, Maharashtra , age – 32 Yrs.
Total Recovery:- FICN of Rs 16 Lakh, in the denomination of Rs 1000/- & Rs 500/- notes, Indian Currency of Rs 2 Lkah, 4 mobile phones.
Profile of accused persons:-
Accused Anand Tarapedo Bahg –He is native of Vasai, Mumbai andhe left the study after sixth class.He is married and has one daughter. Since his childhood, he used to work as goldsmith in a jewelers’ shop. Presently, he was working at theshop in the name of Mangal Jewelers in the area of Virar,Thane. In the year 2004 or 2005 he was arrested in a theft case in Mumbai.Anand was working as middleman between the supplier Shahjahan and local receivers like accused Gopal. He used to take local businessman of Mumbai and Gujarat to Kolkata/Malda where he would provide them FICN after obtaining the same from Shahjahan or his men. He used to take hefty commission in all the deals.
AccusedMd Babar :- Accused Babar is a native of Village Waghmare, Malda Distt and illiterate one. He is married and has four sons. For the last some years he was working as labour/Mistri along with his brother at Bandra, Mumbai. Around one year back he came in contact with Shahjahan r/o Malda who introduced him in the supply of consignment of FICN to various persons at Malda and Kolkata. He was given Rs 5000/- per delivery. Accused Babar also used to work for Shahjahan as a courier boy and his job was to deliver the consignment of FICN to the various in different areas of Kolkata /Malda on the directions of his mentor Shahjahan.
Accused GopalLaxman Mithapra:- Accused Gopal is native of Vasai, Thane andilliterate one.He is married and having two sons.He used to sell Saris and utensils through FERRI in the local area of Virar. He came in contact with Shahjahan through one Anand r/o Virar, Thane, who is a close associate of Shahjahan. Accused persons were provided FICN @ of FICN of Rs 1000 against Indian currency of Rs 500. He used to utilise FICN in local market in his business of selling Saris/Utensils through ‘pheri’. Prior to recovered consignment, he had also collected consignments of FICN on 4-5 occasions of worth around 20 Lakh.
Accused DineshGorasava:- The accused is a native of Ahmedabad, Gujarat and now settled in Mumbai. He studied up to Sixth class.He is married and has two sons and two daughters. He is a distant relative of co accused Gopal.He also used to sell Saris and utensils throughpheriin the local area of Virar. He came in contact with Anand r/o Virar, Thane, through his relative and co accused Gopal. He used to utilise FICN in local market in his business of selling Saris/Utensils. Prior to the recovered consignment, he along with co accused Gopal had also collected consignments of FICN on 4-5 occasions of worth around 20 Lakh
Further efforts are being made to apprehend their other associates in Delhi and Shahjahan from Malda, in West Bengal.
Laxman MithapraAnand
BabarDinesh
ORDER
1.Whereas, there is mushrooming of BPOs (Business Process Outsourcing Centers) prominently known as Call Centers, Corporate house, Media house and Companies organization and Firms in Delhi other parts of the NCR offering employment opportunity for the youth.
2.And whereas, the employees including young women from across the country have been staying in various parts of Delhi while their work place may be in the NCR region and their employers are providing cab services for the purpose of picking up and dropping them from their place of stay to office and back. As these organizations are functioning round-the-clock, the cabs are ferrying employees even at late night hours. Such employees are reported to have hired cabs on contract basis and have not been able to property monitor these cab operators and their drivers for ensuring safe and secure transportation of the employees resulting in grave danger to human life, safety and security of the employees, especially of women employees.
3.And whereas, it has come to notice that certain criminal and anti social elements look for soft targets, particularly during the odd hours and the women employees who travel during late night hours are vulnerable to crime and criminal acts by such elements, if they are not dropped securely and safety at their places of stay.
4..And whereas, it is rendered imperative to put some regulatory checks on organizations having such service of picking and dropping their employees and the transporters, security agencies, drivers and security guards involved in the same so that anti-social and criminal elements may not cause danger to human life & safety and their property and it is felt that immediate action is necessary in this regard.
5.Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by virtue of Section 144 Cr.P.C 1973 (No.2, of 1974) read with Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi’s Notification No. U-11036/(i) UTL, dated- 01.07.1978. I, Iqbal Mohd., Assistant Commissioner of Police of Sub-Division Madhu Vihar of East District, Delhi, do hereby make this written order that all such organizations like BPOs, Corporate and Media Houses having the system of picking up and dropping their employees and the concerned transporters, security agencies, drivers and security guards in the jurisdiction of Sub- Division, Madhu Vihar, Delhi shall:
a)Maintain a data base of all employees, security personnel, cab drivers and contractual workers working with them, for access by the police as and when required.
b)Hire the security personnel and other contractual personnel as far as possible from licensed agencies only.
c)Ensure verification of antecedents of all their employees including contractual employees.
d)Ensure that women employees are not made to travel alone with the cab driver and a duly verified security guard or a male colleague (regular employee of the company) is invariably deployed in each cab carrying women staff during night hours i.e. 8 PM to 7 AM.
e)Choose the route in such manner that as far as possible a woman employee is not the first one to be picked up or the last to be dropped.
f)Ensure that during the night hours cab involved in transportation of women employees picks up and drops such employees right at their houses and remains halted at the point where a women employee has been dropped till she confirms about her arrival/reaching at her residence/place of stay through a telephone call.
g)Ensure that, whenever the house of a woman employee is so located that the approach road is not motorable, the duly verified security guard or the male colleague, during night hours, accompanies the employee on foot up to her house and takes a confirmation about her safe arrival.
h)Exercise effective check and control on the vehicle’s movement in order to check any unwarranted activities of the cab drivers, such as picking up strangers, straying away from the designated route etc.
i)Get GPS system installed in the cabs used in the transportation of employees, especially of women employees.
6.These orders shall come into force with effect from 24/06/13 up to 22/08/13 and shall remain in force a period of 60 days i.e. up to 23/06/13 (both days inclusive) unless withdrawn earlier.
7.Any person/employer/transporter etc. contravening this order shall be liable to be punished in accordance with the provision of Sec. 188 of the IPC, and
8.As the notice cannot be served individually on all concerned, the order is hereby passed ex-parte. It shall be published of the public through the press and by affixing copies on the notice board of the offices of all DCsP, Addl. DCsP, ACsP, Tehsil Offices, all Police Stations concerned and the offices of NDMC and MCD.
(IQBAL MOHD.)
Asstt. Commissioner of Police,
Madhu Vihar, Delhi.
ORDER
1.Whereas a large number of complaints are being received that people purchasing liquor from liquor vends often start consuming the same in front of the liquor vend itself or at other public places. Vendors selling eatables and juices, at times, also station themselves unauthorisedly outside liquor vends which further facilitates this undesirable activity. Sometime, ‘Baratis’ of marriage processions also openly drink liquor etc. on the roads while the Barats are moving. Drinking in public is a nuisance with a serious potential to result in brawls and quarrels causing serious injuries/death and damage to public and private property. This affects the peace and tranquility of the area and creates problems in maintaining law and order. It is also a punishable offence under section 40 of The Delhi Excise Act, 2009 (Delhi Act 10 of 2010).
2.And whereas it is necessary to take speedy measures in this regard to prevent danger to human life or safety and to thwart/prevent un-toward incidents which may affect the peace and tranquility of the area.
3.Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by Section 144 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 read with Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi’s Notification No. U-11036/(i) UTL dated 09.09.2010, I,Iqbal Mohd. , ACP Sub-Division, Madhu Vihar, East, District, Delhi do hereby make this written order to do the following, for strict compliance by the owners of such liquor vends in the area of Sub Division Madhu Vihar, East District:-
Install CCTV with sufficient number of cameras and recording system with play back facility, to cover up to 50 meters area in front of the shop. The CCTV should monitor anyone consuming liquor or facilitating consumption of liquor or any unauthorized vendor stationed in the coverage area.
The recording system shall preserve a digital record of CCTV coverage for not less than 10 days.
The vend owner or his agent shall cause to copy the CCTV coverage on a CD and hand over to the police whenever demanded.
Before starting sales for the day, the Manager of the liquor vend should ensure that the CCTV system is in proper working order and in case any defect is noticed, immediate action to get it rectified should be taken. An entry should be made in the register and intimation in writing should be sent to the Police Station simultaneously to be got duly received from the Duty Officer of the Police Station mentioning Daily Diary Number on the intimation.
During the course of monitoring of the CCTV System, the Manager or anyone specifically designated by the Manager for real time monitoring of the CCTV shall immediately inform the Police Control Room at telephone No.100 and also the nearest Police Station in case any illegal drinking in public or unauthorized vendor is noticed in the CCTV coverage area.
The vend owner shall display prominently at least two bilingual sign boards mentioning that drinking in public places is an offence and standing of unauthorized vendors outside the liquor shop is strictly prohibited. Telephone number of nearest Police Station shall also be mentioned on the sign board.
4.The order shall come into force with effect from 24/06/13 up to 22/08/13 and shall remain in force a period of 60 days i.e. up to 23/06/13 (both days inclusive) unless withdrawn earlier.
5.Any person contravening this order shall be punishable under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.
6.As the notice cannot be served individually on all concerned, the order is hereby passed ex-parte. It shall be published for the information of the public through the press and by affixing copies on the Notice Boards of the office of all District DCsP, Addl. DCsP, ACsP, Tehsil offices, all Police Stations concerned and the offices of the NDMC and MCD.
(IQBAL MOHD.)
Asstt. Commissioner of Police
Madhu Vihar, Delhi.
ORDER
1.Whereas, there have been incidents of explosion in the Cinema House in Delhi in the past causing loss of life and property.
2.And whereas, information has also been received that such activities may seriously endanger life and property of the citizens and maintenance of law and order in the area of Sub-Division Madhu Vihar, Delhi.
3.Now, therefore, I, Iqbal Mohd., Assistant Commissioner of Police of Sub-Division Madhu Vihar of Eest District, Delhi in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Commissioner of Police Delhi by Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 by clause (b) of sub-section (1) of the Section 70 of the Delhi Police Act, 1978 (34 of 1978) read with Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi’s Notification No. 11036/1/2008 UTL, dated- 31.10.2008 and further delegated to the undersigned vide Govt. of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi’s Notification No.11036/1/2010 dated- 09.09.10,do hereby make this written order prohibiting the carrying of any Box including Tiffin box, Bag, Hand bag and any other container capable of concealing any arm/fire arm/explosive material inside any place of public amusement including cinema house in the jurisdiction of Sub-Division Madhu Vihar, Delhi of Eest District, Delhi.
4.The order shall come into force with effect from 24/06/2013 shall remain in force for a period of 60 days up to 22/08/2013. (both days inclusive) unless withdrawn earlier.
5.Any person contravening this order shall be punishable under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.
6.As the notice cannot be served individually on all concerned, the order is hereby passed ex-parte. It shall be published for the information of the public through the press and by affixing copies on the notice board of the offices of all DCsP, Addl. DCsP, ACsP, Tehsil Offices of the Districts, all Police Stations concerned and the offices of NDMC and MCD.
(IQBAL MOHD.)
Asstt. Commissioner of Police,
Madhu Vihar, Delhi.
ORDER
1. Whereas, a large number of private courier services operate in and around the capital to facilitate sending of goods through courier across the country.
2. And whereas, it has been noticed that the private courier services generally book goods or items to be transferred on the face value of the courier sender without bothering to verify his or her address thereby paving the way for unscrupulous persons using the courier services for illegal activities.
3. And whereas, instances have come to notice where criminals have used courier services to send incriminatory items, contraband and even dead bodies in the guise of courier.
4. And whereas, it has also been observed that the record of courier senders are not kept by the courier services or agents engaged in the business of facilitating courier of goods making it difficult for the investigation agencies to identify the culprits behind such crimes.
5. And whereas, it is thus rendered imperative to put regulatory check on the private courier services who deal in booking and sending goods from one place to another so that the anti social elements may not be able to use them to send incriminatory things through them and it is felt that immediate action is necessary in this regard.