Rajesh and his team arrived at the liquor store, caught the jawan and seized the fake notes
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Srikakulam: Tekkali police on Sunday arrested a BSF jawan on charges of circulating fake currency notes and seized counterfeit currency notes with a face value of Rs 37,000.
The jawan, identified as P. Varaprasad Rao, 30, a native of Devalabadra under Nandigama mandal claimed that he had found a bag containing the fake currency while on duty at the Indo-Bangla border. Sub-inspector G. Rajesh said that Rao had returned home on leave from the border on August 14 and had gone to Tekkali on Sunday for shopping. The BSF Jawan bought a liquor bottle and paid for it with a note having face value of Rs 1,000. The cashier at the store grew suspicious about the genuineness of the note, but returned the balance. He then alerted the police.
Mr Rajesh and his team arrived at the liquor store, caught the jawan and seized the fake notes.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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