The Railway Protection Force (RPF) in Bhopal nabbed a 20-year-old Haryana based youth with fake notes of Rs15000 in the wee hours on Thursday.
According to the police when on duty RPF police personnel stopped a suspiciously roaming youth at Bhopal railway station he tried to escape but was later nabbed.
The nabbed accused Devendra has confessed that he had earlier circulated fake notes of Rs15000 and revealed that he used to exchange fake notes at busy places asking for change. The RPF handed over the accused to GRP for further investigations.
He has circulated the notes at busy places like Railway stations, bus stands and crowded shops. The accused was nabbed from platform number 6 of Bhopal railway station. The fake notes were of the denomination of Rs1000.
Sub Inspector of RPF Bhopal Ajit Singh who was assigned night shift said that he along with his team was on the night duty at platform number 6 of Bhopal railway station spotted a suspicious youth who was roaming suspiciously and suspecting his movements he was stopped but instead of stopping he tried to escape but was chased down and was nabbed. Apart from fake note and a laptop, Rs6000 cash and two ATM cards were recovered from his possession.
The accused was later handed over to GRP Bhopal for further investigation which has started the investigation.
Details of the source of the fake notes and other details regarding the fake notes would be investigated said the police.