Overview
- Police recovered over Rs 19 lakh in counterfeit Rs 500 notes from a room linked to Zubair Ansari at a mosque-cum-madrasa in Paithiya village, Khandwa.
- The search followed the October 30 Malegaon arrest of Zubair and Nazim Ansari, when roughly Rs 10 lakh in fake currency was seized.
- Combined seizures across Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh now total nearly Rs 29 lakh, pointing to a suspected inter-state FICN operation.
- Khandwa police have registered a case at Jawar police station and are sending a team to seek Zubair’s remand for questioning.
- Investigators say all seized notes are in the Rs 500 denomination as they examine whether the arrested men were part of a wider distribution network.