Lucknow: 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.
U.P. Man held with counterfeit notes at Lucknow railway station
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