Bhubaneswar: A team of the Special Task Force (STF) arrested one person and recovered fake Indian currency notes worth Rs 31.27 lakh and other incriminating articles from his possession near the gate of the Titlagarh main bus stand under Titlagarh police station in Odisha’s Bolangir district on Thursday evening.
According to reports, the STF team nabbed the accused, identified as Lingaraj Behera (50) during a surprise raid at the bus stand. The accused is a resident of Kantamal under the Kegoan police station in Kalahandi district. When the STF questioned him about the fake currency notes, he reportedly could not give any satisfactory answers.
The STF police have arrested Lingaraj Behera and registered a case (No.04 dated 02.02.2023) under Sections 420/468/471/489-A/489-B/489-C/489-D/120(B) IPC. He was produced before a court on Friday and sent to jail custody. Meanwhile, the STF is investigating the case.
To date, the STF has seized fake currency notes to the tune of Rs 78,70,600.
Now, the STF will send the seized fake currency notes to the Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudrana Pvt. Ltd., Mudrana Nagar, Salaboni, Pachima Medinapore in West Bengal for examination.
