Bundles of US currency found by Bengaluru ragpicker turned out to be fake: Police
Bengaluru: The US currency notes found by a ragpicker near a railway track here turned out to be fake, police said on Friday.
Based on the preliminary findings, a case has been registered under Section 489 A (counterfeiting currency notes) of the Indian Penal Code at Hebbal police station and an investigation is underway, a senior police officer said.
''The HDFC Bank, the nodal bank appointed by the Reserve Bank of India to check the authenticity of the notes, found them to be fake. These notes were either printed or photocopied,'' he said.
According to police, the ragpicker found 23 bundles of USD 100 with 100 notes in each of them wrapped in paper on November 3, following which he informed his employer who in turn approached a social activist. The social activist then informed Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B Dayananda and handed over the notes to him, and an investigation was initiated into the matter.
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Patna-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow due to bad weather
Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
