Sunday, February 28, 2010

Man arrested with counterfeit currency


STAFF WRITER 20:28 HRS IST

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) A 30-year-old man was arrested here for carrying counterfeit currency with a face value of Rs 44,400, police said today.

Mohd Hasim, hailing from Madhubani in Bihar, was arrested yesterday from Karol Bagh on a tip off.

"It was found that 316 currency notes bore one identical serial number, 41 notes bore another identical serial number, another 41 bore a third identical serial number and remaining 46 also bore a different identical serial number," police said.

Hasim came to Delhi in 2002 to earn his livelihood and started plying a three-wheeler.

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