Four arrested for trying to circulate fake currency

Belagavi Police have arrested four people on the charge of trying to circulate counterfeit currency.

Officers from the Market Police Station arrested 21-year-old Mohammad Arbaaz, 26-year-old Rupesh Hanumantha Wakode, 23-year-old Mohammad Hussain Bakki from Goa and 25-year-old Shravan Kumar Tuntunli from Bihar in this connection.

Investigators recovered a total of 495 fake notes in ₹500 denomination, four mobile phones and a car from the accused.

This followed a complaint from a shopkeeper in Khade Bazaar in the Old City.

He said that some people bought goods using fake notes. A team of officers led by Police Inspector J.M. Kalimirchi and Sub-Inspector Hussain Saba Kerur traced them and arrested the four.

A case has been registered.