Overview
- Teams acting on a tip-off set a checkpoint near the Ghaggar Bridge on the old Ambala–Kalka highway and intercepted a white Scorpio-N.
- Officers recovered Rs 9.88 crore in counterfeit notes plus Rs 11.05 lakh in demonetised currency and impounded the vehicle.
- Sachin and Gurdeep, residents of Kurukshetra in Haryana, were taken into custody following the highway stop.
- Preliminary findings indicate a fraud method of placing genuine notes on top of bundles while hiding counterfeits inside.
- Investigators link the duo to multiple cheating and counterfeit cases across Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, with more arrests expected as the probe advances.