Murshidabad: Man held with Rs 2 lakh worth fake currency
In Short
- A man has been arrested by police in West Bengal's Murshidabad district with fake currency worth Rs 2 lakh.
- The accused hails from Baishnabnagar in neighbouring Malda district.
- He will be produced before court tomorrow.
A 36- year-old man has been arrested by police in West Bengal's Murshidabad district with fake currency worth Rs 2 lakh on Saturday.
Acting on a specific tip off, officers of Samsherganj Police Station in Murshidabad arrested Alom Sheikh from Dhulian Feri Ghat area and seized one hundred fake notes of recently introduced Rs two thousand.
The accused, who hails from Baishnabnagar in neighbouring Malda district, has been taken to Baharampur police station for further interrogation and will be produced before court tomorrow.
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"We are probing where he got these fake notes from. He was planning to take the consignment to Baharampur," informed Murshidabad Police Superintendent Mukesh.
Post the introduction of new denomination notes, this is the second time in West Bengal where seizure of such a huge haul of fake currency notes has taken place.
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Last month, a man was arrested in Murshidabad district with 40 counterfeit Rs 2,000 notes.
With inputs from Binod Patel