The tenant, identified as Pushpak Krishna Bhandarkar alias Bendane, had rented the room in the city's Kharbi area around a year and a half ago. His rental agreement expired in January, but he neither renewed it nor vacated the property.
He also stopped paying rent for several months.Fake currency note recovered at a rented property in Nagpur The Maharashtra Police seized counterfeit currency worth around Rs 85 lakh from a rented room in Nagpur after the tenant, who had stopped paying rent for several months, went missing. The haul included fully printed fake notes worth Rs 37 lakh and partially printed notes worth another Rs 48 lakh.The tenant, identified as Pushpak Krishna Bhandarkar alias Bendane, had rented the room in the city’s Kharbi area around a year and a half ago.
His rental agreement expired in January, but he neither renewed it nor vacated the property. He also stopped paying rent for several months.When the landlord, Ramesh, asked him to vacate the room, Pushpak allegedly threatened him with a knife.
Ramesh lodged a complaint at the local police station, following which a non-cognisable case was registered.Pushpak later stopped using the room and remained absent for a long time. As suspicion grew, Ramesh broke the lock and found bundles of notes inside a bucket, sheets of paper scattered around and a printer.
He alerted the police, who reached the spot and seized the currency and printing equipment. During the search, police recovered fully printed fake Rs 500 notes worth Rs 37 lakh.
They also found notes worth around Rs 48 lakh that had been printed on one side, with the reverse still blank. The total value of the seized counterfeit and partially printed notes was around Rs 85 lakh.
A counting machine was brought in to assess the seized currency.According to preliminary information, Pushpak is believed to be in Mumbai. Police are preparing to send a team to arrest him, and further investigation is underway. - Ends