Man held with fake currency
Police arrested a man with 8.45 lakh counterfeit Indian rupees at Gabtoli in the city yesterday.
The arrestee, identified as Biplob, 30, of Meherpur, was involved in fake note trading, police said.
“Acting on a tip-off, we arrested Biplob near Parbat Cinema Hall at 4:30am while he was on his way to India,” said Abdul Malek, officer-in-charge (OC) of Darussalam Police Station.
Later, they seized a bag containing different denominations of forged rupees from his possession.
The preliminary investigations indicated that Biplob was travelling to India to sell the fake notes, he added.
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