Man Detained With Fake Currency

Kolkata: A person was nabbed from Kolkata’s Park Circus area with fake Indian currency with a face value of Rs 7 lakh, police sources said.

Acting on a tip, cops conducted a raid in the sector under Beniapukur Police Station and arrested the accused, a senior police officer said.

The currency with a face value of Rs 7 lakh were in Rs 2,000 denomination and Rs 500 denomination notes , the official said, adding that the accused appears to be part of an FICN gang.

He would be produced before a city court today.