New Delhi: Delhi Police has busted a counterfeit Rs 20 coin manufacturing and supply racket and arrested four people, including the alleged kingpin and a carrier.Cops had seized fake coins with a face value of around Rs 1 lakh from a car near Mundka Industrial Area metro station on Sept 8.Police said they had received information that Paras Jain (45), a resident of Nihal Vihar, would deliver counterfeit coins. A team intercepted his car and seized a laptop bag. It contained 50 polythene pouches, each carrying 100 counterfeit coins. An iPhone 12 mini was also seized. The search and seizure proceedings were videographed using e-Sakshya application. An FIR was subsequently registered.During questioning, Jain allegedly disclosed that he had procured the consignment from Upkar Luthra alias Abhay Pratap Singh (58), a resident of Mohali, for Rs 70,000 against its face value of Rs 1 lakh. The consignment had been delivered to him on Sept 7 for further circulation.Police subsequently traced Luthra and his associates after verifying his details through the e-Prison system. Luthra was in the process of shifting a coin manufacturing unit from Sonipat to Saharanpur with the help of his associates when the Saharanpur Police’s Special Operations Group arrested them.Five accused, including Luthra, Anurag Pal alias Lankesh, Janardan Kumar Chaurasia alias Santosh, Kuldeep and Himanshu alias Gullu, were brought from Saharanpur jail on production warrants. Following interrogation and court permission, Luthra, Pal and Chaurasia were formally arrested in the case by Delhi Police. All four accused are currently in judicial custody.Police identified Luthra as the manufacturer and main supplier, while Pal and Chaurasia were part of the manufacturing and supply network. Jain has previous cases registered against him involving murder, cheating, robbery and arms offences. Luthra has six previous cases registered in Delhi, Haryana and Bihar, including offences related to counterfeiting.
