Ahmedabad: Kutch district police ton June 25 officially arrested three African citizens, who were detained on June 24 over alleged charges of attempting to encash 'fake' travellers' cheques in several banks.

Police was also investigating fresh complaints that some of the accused foreigners had tried to encash 'fake' travellers' cheques worth Rs 1.25 lakh in Jamnagar and Rajkot districts also, official sources said.

"We have just got information about a cheque of Rs 1.25 lakh that they tried to encash in Jamnagar and made a similar attempt in Rajkot. More details are awaited", a top official of the district police said, adding that the Africans were officially arrested.

District police had, in a pre-dawn operation on June 24, arrested three Malaysians and detained three Africans from a hotel in Gandhidham town of the district for stealing travellers and regular cheques as also trying to encash them.

Since investigation proved that some of them had entered the country using fake passports, details from airports across the country have been sought, he said.

The official had, earlier said that some of the accused were also wanted in connection with the same crime in Chennai and some parts of the country as they had been travelling since past four months.

The fraud came to light after they attempted to encash 'fake' travellers' cheques worth Rs 16,000 of American Express Bank at the Development Credit Bank, Bhuj.

Involvement of some Indians in Delhi in the fraud is also being investigated, the official added.

PTI