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Zee News correspondent Yogesh and cameraman Ravi Vaghul, based
in Nashik near Mumbai, today unearthed neatly packed cartons of
currency notes belonging to countries like Zambia, Pakistan, Bangladesh
and even India in a house in Nashik called Padma.
The notes, on camera, looked like they were just rolled out of
a government printing press. The police or the investigating agencies,
surprisingly, didn't have an idea of the huge catch lying in Padma
despite having raided a house next door and arresting a person for
dealing in fake stamps worth over Rs 70 lakh recently.
It has not yet been established whether this is related to the
Telgi fake stamp paper scam that has already claimed the head of
former police commissioner of Mumbai.
The exclusive story was aired by Zee News today evening at 7 pm,
just after discussing the probable outcome of the assembly elections
that concluded at 5 pm.
Some top politicians like Congress Party's Rajya Sabha (Upper House)
member, Kapil Sibal, and labour minister of the Bharatiya Janata
Party Sahib Singh Verma, who had come to the Zee studios on the
outskirts of Delhi to discuss politics were left stumped when the
story started airing.
A seemingly moved Sibal said on camera, "I am astounded by the
nature and size of the scam." Verma agreed, saying, "Such scams
go beyond party lines as it involves the whole country and proper
investigation should be launched."
The Zee News' Nashik team stumbled upon the story when they entered
Padma to follow-up on a previous arrest made by the police.
A jubilant Zee Telefilms news director Laxmi N Goel told indiantelevision.com
just after the story went on air, that "the story was recorded two
days ago". Goel said that if the investigating agencies want, Zee
News would be happy to co-operate with them in further investigations.
Would this programme give Zee News enough ratings to catch up with
the leader, Aaj Tak? That would only be known when the TRPs are
compiled for the week by TAM.
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