ODISHA STF BUSTED FAKE CURRENCY RACKET

II ODISHABARTA II

Bhubaneswar,06/03/2020:The Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch on Friday busted a racket of Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) with the arrest of three persons in Bargarh district.

The accused persons were identified as Manglu Malkhar (42), Sudarsan Mohanty (36) and Prafulla Meher (56).

Acting on a tip-off about the suspicious activities being carried out in Bargarh Sadar police limits area, the STF personnel conducted a raid. During the search, the officers seized fake currency notes having face value of Rs 2.06 lakh in denomination of 288 numbers of Rs.500/-.233 numbers of Rs.200/-and 100 numbers of Rs.100/- notes from the accused persons.

A case (94/20) was registered against the three accused persons under Sections 489-A, 489-B, 489-C and 120 (B) of IPC.