On Wednesday, August 28, Prayagraj police uncovered a fake currency racket operating within a madrasa in the city, leading to the arrest of the madrasa principal, Mohammad Tafseerul, the mastermind, Zahir Khan alias Abdul Zahir, and two other students, Mohammad Afzal and Mohammad Shahid. The madrasa, identified as Jamia Habibiya, was being used to print counterfeit currency.

Authorities recovered 1,300 fake 100-rupee notes, 234 sheets of printed fake currency, three bundles of paper, a printer, a cutter, a laptop and other related items from the scene.

Giving information about the operation, DCP City Deepak Bhukar stated that the Civil Lines Police received a tip-off about individuals coming to the Civil Lines bus stand to deal in counterfeit currency. Acting on this information, the police conducted a raid, apprehending three suspects. Following their interrogation, a raid was carried out on Wednesday at a madarsa near Kalyani Devi Petrol Pump in the Atarsuya area, where fake currency was being printed in a room. During the raid, police discovered 234 counterfeit notes that were yet to be cut.

The acting principal of the madarsa, Maulvi Mohammad Tafseerul Arifin, was also arrested. According to the DCP, the acting principal was actively involved in the operation, providing a separate room for the gang to print the fake notes. The leader of the gang, Zahir Khan, a madarsa student from Orissa, was identified as the mastermind behind the operation.


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