In Maharashtra’s Sangamner and Kolhapur districts, similar facilities with computers and printers used for printing FICNs were unearthed. Officials said two accused were arrested following raids at these locations, and the contraband was seized by the jurisdictional police under BNS for further investigation.Interrogation of the accused in the Kolhapur module led to the busting of another printing facility in Belgaum. Kolhapur police arrested three more persons in connection with the case.At three other locations, including West Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, Khagaria in Bihar, and Rohtak in Haryana, the importers of security paper were traced, officials said. Incriminating evidence was recovered.Restricted security paper and a printer were seized in West Godavari, while laptops, printers, and restricted security paper were recovered in Khagaria. The jurisdictional police arrested three accused, and the case has been handed over for further investigation under BNS, officials said.On February 8, the DRI arrested two persons in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district and Bengaluru, Karnataka, for allegedly importing high-quality paper embedded with a security thread inscribed with ‘RBI’ and ‘Bharat.’Following this, on February 9, the DRI busted two more facilities in Thane, Maharashtra, and Bhiwani, Haryana, where FICNs were being printed using imported security paper. Three persons were arrested by the jurisdictional police, officials said.
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