UP: Man held with counterfeit notes at Lucknow railway station
PTI, Sep 30, 2024, 1:02 PM IST
A 22-year-old man was arrested here for allegedly possessing counterfeit Indian currency notes amounting to Rs 1.97 lakh, police said on Monday.
The accused, Amir Khan, hailing from Bareilly district, was apprehended by the Government Railway Police (GRP) at Charbagh railway station on Sunday. He was travelling from Malda in West Bengal to Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, they said.
In a press release, the police said they recovered a total of 394 counterfeit notes, each with a face value of Rs 500, amounting to Rs 1,97,000.
During interrogation Amir told police that he worked at a footwear shop in Delhi’s Madanpur Khadar area and lived in Sarita Vihar.
Around 45 days ago, his friend Aftab introduced him to his uncle who lured him to the business of counterfeit currency, the police said.
Aftab’s uncle contacted the accused and told him that he could earn Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 for delivering a parcel to Jumma Khan in Lucknow, they said.
However, Amir was arrested at the railway station before he could complete the task, the police said.
An FIR has been registered in the case under Section 179 (using as genuine, forged or counterfeit coin, Government stamp, currency-notes or bank-notes) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, according to police.
The accused has been sent to judicial custody and further investigations is underway, they added.
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