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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J&K polls: Amit Shah arrives in Jammu ahead of Saturday's hectic campaigning
Jammu (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jammu on Friday night ahead of the hectic day-long campaigning on Saturday during which he will address five public rallies in three districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Shah arrived here from Delhi and drove straight to the State Guest house, a senior BJP leader said.
Shah will fly to Poonch early tomorrow morning and address the first of four rallies in Mendhar followed by Surankote in Poonch district, he added.
Shah is scheduled to address rallies in Thanamandi and Rajouri followed by Akhnoor in Jammu.
He is also expected to hold a rally in the Nowshera constituency in support of Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Sunday.
