Fake notes in circulation in Malenadu
Small scale traders become soft target
Chikkamagaluru: As the fake notes are in circulation in Malenadu, fraudsters are targeting innocent traders and poor hawkers by paying fake notes of Rs. 500 against purchase of goods from them.
One such incident was reported near Heruru village in Koppa taluk on Saturday night.
A handicapped man had a coffee and tea shop in a make shift on the roadside of Chikkamagaluru-Sringeri highway near Herur village. When his wife and daughter were closing the shop on Saturday night, two unidentified persons approached them. The men purchased cigarette and other items worth Rs 400 and gave a note of Rs. 500.
The shop owner told Vartha Bharati that his daughter compared the 500 note with the one she already had. She then realised that the note given by the customer was fake. When she called the men to inform them that their note was fake, they did not pay heed to her call and escaped from there.
The innocent hawker has submitted the fake note at Balehonnur police station on Sunday.
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Had a very good conversation with friend Modi: Trump
Washington (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Friday said he had a "very good conversation" with his "friend" Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He was referring to the talks the two leaders had on Tuesday.
"I had a very good talk with him, and he's a friend of mine from India, and he's doing great. We had a very good conversation," Trump told reporters here as he headed to Las Vegas to address a roundtable on tax cuts.
Trump had called Modi on Tuesday to discuss the bilateral relationship and share perspectives on the situation in West Asia, where the US and Israel have launched a war on Iran.
The US and Iran declared a two-week ceasefire on April 7. They engaged in peace talks with Washington, insisting that Tehran give up its pursuit of nuclear weapons and uranium enrichment.
The war with Iran has sent gas prices soaring as Tehran blocked the sea lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow gateway for a fifth of global oil supplies.
During the Trump-Modi phone call on Tuesday, the two leaders stressed the importance of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and secure.
According to the US Ambassador to India Sergei Gor, the 40-minute conversation ended with Trump telling Modi, "we all love you".
Tuesday's phone call was the second between the two leaders since the US-Israel war with Iran began on February 28.
