Kerala TV actress jailed for printing fake notes

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 yesterday.

Surya has been a popular TV personality, 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 some of her family members on Wednesday, said they recovered an entire printing facility at their house.

He added two more accomplices were arrested yesterday, taking the total number of arrests to eight.

All the arrested persons were remanded in judicial custody yesterday.

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 were able to recover about Rs200,000 in counterfeit notes … We have seized papers, printers and other materials used to print them,” said Sunilkumar.

“It was stocked at residence to print worth Rs5 million,”

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. their notes