Man gets 10-year jail for supplying fake currency notes

A court here today sentenced a man to 10 years in jail for printing and circulating fake Indian currency notes.

Additional District Sessions Judge Gaurav Shrivastava held Ramesh guilty and also slapped a fine of Rs 35,000 on him while acquitted three others - Vijay Kumar, Arvind and Kasim - due to lack of evidence, according to government lawyer Inam Ilahi Tyagi.

After the arrest of four persons in May 2008, police had claimed to have busted a racket involved in printing and circulation of fake currency note racket.

Fake currency notes having face value of Rs 46,000 and note printing machine were recovered from the accused in Chapar village in the district.

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