Mangaluru man gets four-year jail term in counterfeit currency case
Mangaluru (PTI): A sessions court here has sentenced a 53-year-old man to four years of imprisonment in a 2019 case relating to the circulation of fake currency notes.
Abbas, a resident of Ira village in Bantwal taluk, was convicted for trying to circulate fake currency notes in Mulki area of Dakshina Kannada district.
Police had seized 16 fake currency notes of Rs 100 denomination from him.
The chargesheet against him stated that Abbas had taken 20 colour printouts of three real currency notes of Rs 100 denomination at a photocopy shop on Falnir Road in the city on October 24, 2019.
Later, he had given the fake note to a shop at Mulki after making some purchases. He also circulated the fake note at an eatery and four other places.
A few people who suspected that the notes were counterfeit had informed the police after which a probe was conducted.
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Metro services begin in Bhopal; excited residents flock to take rides, selfies
Bhopal (PTI): On the first day of the commercial run of the Metro services in Bhopal on Sunday, hundreds of residents enthusiastically took rides, expressing confidence that it will save time and provide relief from traffic jams.
An official said that the Metro’s first service began at 9 am from the AIIMS station, and by 6 pm, 5,731 people had travelled on the new mass-transit corridor.
He said that people, along with their family members, had been lining up for tickets since early morning. Several users were seen taking selfies and photos inside the Metro rakes and at stations.
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Earlier on Saturday, Union minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav inaugurated the Metro service by flagging off a train from Subhash Nagar station on a 7.5-kilometre stretch, called the “Priority Corridor”.
With this, Bhopal became the 26th city in the country and the second city in Madhya Pradesh, after Indore, to have the Metro service.
Rao Singh, who took a Metro ride, told PTI Videos that besides saving time and money, the new mode of transport will provide relief from traffic jams and pollution.
Another passenger, who identified himself as Chetan, said he was happy that Bhopal is now on the “Metro list”.
Office-goers will benefit a lot due to the Metro service, said a young man named Akshay.
While the estimated cost of the 30.8-km-long Bhopal Metro project is Rs 10,033 crore, a sum of Rs 2,225 crore was spent on the ‘Priority Corridor’, according to officials.
