Kerala TV actress jailed for printing counterfeit notes
Kollam, July 5 : Kerala TV serial actress Surya and her mother and sister have been arrested for printing counterfeit currency at their residence here to make up for the losses they had incurred, police said on Thursday.
Surya has been a popular TV artiste featuring in several serials aired by a number of Kerala-based TV channels.
Circle Inspector of Police V.S. Sunilkumar, who led the police probe team and arrested Surya and her family members on Wednesday, told IANS they recovered an entire printing facility at their house. He added that two more accomplices were arrested on Thursday, taking the total number of arrests to eight.
All of the arrested persons were remanded to judicial custody on Thursday.
"We were able to recover about Rs 2 lakh counterfeit notes... We have seized papers, printers and other materials used to print counterfeit notes. It was stocked at their residence to print notes worth Rs 5 million," said Sunilkumar.
He said they traced a team of professionals in Idukki, who were engaged in printing counterfeit currency, who led them to the actress and her family members. He said the entire group was functioning as a "well-knit team".
"The actress and her family have admitted that they were into this business of printing counterfeit notes since September last year," said the police officer.
The actress and her family had suffered a sudden loss in their business from unexpected quarters and were in trouble since, the officer said.
"We believe it was their chance meeting with a 'fake godman' who led the actress and her family into the racket of counterfeit currency business," said Sunilkumar.
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Muslim leaders submit memorandum to JPC member Imran Masood against Waqf Bill
Jaipur (PTI): A delegation of Muslim leaders associated with the Congress met party MP Imran Masood, who is a member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, in Ajmer on Sunday and submitted a memorandum against the provisions of the bill.
The bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on August 8 and referred to a joint parliamentary panel after a heated debate. The 31-member panel will submit its report by the next session of Parliament.
While the government has asserted that the proposed law did not intend to interfere with the functioning of mosques, the opposition called it targeting of Muslims and an attack on the Constitution.
The delegation of Muslim leaders met Masood, who was on a visit to Ajmer, and said the members of the community are opposed to the amendments because Waqf is a religious matter of the Muslims.
"We will not allow the government to interfere in our religious matters. The Constitution allows us to function according to our religion. The truth is that the government's intentions are not right," stated the memorandum addressed to the JPC's head Jagdambika Pal.
"Waqf is a completely religious matter and interference in it will not be right," it said.
The delegation included Ghulam Mustafa Chishti, Muzaffar Bharti, Rab Nawaz Jafri, Manzoor Ali, Ashraf Buland Khan, Ajmat Khan and Wahid Mohammad.
