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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Mercury likely to touch 44 deg C in Delhi; IMD issues alert for heatwave-like conditions
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 26.2 degrees Celsius on Sunday, 2.4 notches below the seasonal average, according to the India Meteorological Department.
The weather department has forecast partly cloudy sky with an orange alert for heatwave-like conditions at isolated places by the evening.
The maximum temperature is expected to reach around 44 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the IMD said.
The relative humidity in the capital was recorded at 43 per cent at 8.30 am.
The air quality was 'poor' at 9 am, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 223, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
According to the CPCB, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', and 401 and 500 'severe'.
