Four held with fake currency of Rs 5 lakh face value

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Press Trust of India Rajgarh (MP)
Last Updated : Aug 10 2016 | 8:57 PM IST
Four persons were arrested and fake currency notes with face value of over Rs five lakh seized from Pachore town here, police said.
The accused have been identified as Mubarak Hussain, Azharuddin, Mehmood and Naseem, Rajgarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Ramashray Choube said, adding two motorcycles have also been seized.
"Acting on a tip-off that Hussain, along with his associates will be coming near a railway crossing in Pachore town to deliver fake currency notes, a police party laid a trap and caught them," he said.
The accused were later arrested and fake currency notes with face value of Rs 5,22,800 was recovered from them, the SP said.
Over 900 fake currency notes of Rs 100, Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination were recovered.
A case has been registered against them and further investigation was underway, the SP added.
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First Published: Aug 10 2016 | 8:57 PM IST

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