Karkala: Girl among 2 graduates held for circulating fake currency
Karkala, Sep 20: Two business management graduates from Davanagere, including a girl, have been arrested by Udupi district police on the charge of circulating fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 200, police said.
They printed currency on their own after learning from tutorials on YouTube and purchased a printer through online for the purpose.
Chethan Gowda (23) and his girlfriend Arpita P Navale, both belonging to Davanagere, were held on Wednesday.
According to police, they had started to print fake currency notes and using it from the past 45 days.
An SUV, a printer and materials used for printing the fake currency have been seized from the accused, the police said.
Their luck ran out after an alert shopkeeper grew suspicious about a note, approached a bank to verify the currency and then informed the Karkala police.
Police found out that the accused have used at least 200 fake currency notes in various places.
The two were produced before the court which remanded Chethan in police custody and Arpita in judicial custody, the sources said.
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4 held for sexually assaulting woman, girl on moving bus after social media alert in UP's Agra
Agra (UP) (PTI): Four people were arrested, after a prompt response by police following a social media alert, for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and a girl inside a moving bus here, officials said on Tuesday.
According to an official police statement, at 12:27 am on April 27, information was received on the social media platform X about an incident of sexual assault on a bus travelling from Kanpur to Ahmedabad, which was approaching Namner crossing in Agra.
Acting under the direction of Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar, the Agra Police social media team immediately alerted the Rakabganj police station within minutes and coordinated with the victims to confirm the incident and obtain the exact location, it stated.
Police teams launched intensive checking at Namner crossing and intercepted the bus as it reached the spot. The four accused involved in the incident were apprehended on the spot, and legal action was initiated against them, the statement said.
The police said the swift response and coordination between the social media team and field units ensured timely action, bringing relief to the victims and other passengers, who expressed gratitude towards the police, it added.
