Suspected IM linkman held with fake notes

A person, suspected to be a linkman of the Indian Mujahideen (IM), was arrested today with counterfeit notes by a Special Task Force team, police said.

Acting on a tip off, Mohammad Ali was arrested from near Victoria Memorial Hall with fake notes of the face value Rs 50,000, police officials said.

The police suspect that Ali is a linkman of the terrorist group IM, which was involved in Sunday's serial blasts in Patna that left six persons dead.

Ali is being interrogated, the officials said.