Man held with fake notes of Rs 31 lakh face value in Balangir

Man held with fake notes of Rs 31 lakh face value in Balangir

Man held with fake notes of Rs 31 lakh face value in Balangir

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Crime Branch's Special Task Force (STF) seized fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 31.27 lakh in Balangir's Titlagarh and arrested the mastermind.

According to an official release, the seizure occurred on February 1 near the main gate of Titlagarh's bus stand park. Lingaraj Behera, the arrested man, has been identified (50). The seized Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) will be sent to Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudrana Pvt. Ltd, Mudrana Nagar, Salaboni, Pachima Medinapore, West Bengal, for examination and opinion, according to the statement.

More research is being conducted.

The STF has seized Rs 78,70,600 FICN so far, including this seizure.