Noida: 3 conmen held with fake notes of face value Rs 13.20 lakh

Three men have been arrested in Uttar Presh's Greater Noida for allegedly duping people by promising to double ir money, and fake currency notes with face value of Rs 13,20,500 seized from m, police said on Tuesday.

police also said y recovered 14 w of notes from trio in which only 10 notes were in real Rs 500 currency and remaining 2,641 were fake.

“Altoger Rs 5,000 in 10 real notes and 2,641 counterfeit notes of Rs 500 denomination, totalling Rs 13,20,500 in face value were seized from m,” a police spokesperson said.

“During probe, y told police y would lure gullible people by promising to double ir money. y would ask m for some Rs 500 currency notes in order to double it. y would later return m double number of notes with mostly fake notes except for one on top of w,” spokesperson said.

accused were held in Jewar area and have been identified as Krishna Sharma, Rajesh Kumar and Ravi Sharma, all three natives of Aligarh district, police said, ding ir car was also impounded.

An FIR under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (fraud), 489C (possession of counterfeit currency-note), among ors, has been registered against m at Jewar police station and furr proceedings were underway, police ded.