Kanpur: In the biggest ever haul of demonetised currency, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in a joint raid with the Uttar Pradesh Police, has unearthed old currency notes estimated to be worth Rs 100 crore at least from Uttar Pradesh’s industrial hub Kanpur, sources have said .
The raid was conducted on a tip-off from the National Investigation Agency NIA ), said a highly placed source.Superintendent of police (east) Anurag Arya said acting on a specific tip-off that a gang of old currency racketeers from eastern parts of the state were putting up at different hotels in Swaroop nagar, Gumti, Generalganj and Assi Feet Road areas of the city with banned currency, raids were conducted and 13 people were arrested.
“Following inputs that the gang members who will exchange new currency for the banned ones, we sounded a high alert.
Policemen disguised in civvies were deployed in the areas.
Everything went as per plan and the accused, who had checked in at these hotels, were later nabbed with the banned currencies.
