The Nischintakoili police detained a 45-year-old person on Saturday on charges of circulating fake currency notes in the Sukarapada market under the Nischintakoili police limits in Cuttack district. Some local people detained accused Dambaru Dhara Dora of Station Bazaar in Jagatpur and later handed him over to the police. Sources said Dora, who used to visit Sukarpada frequently to buy vegetables from local farmers, had come in the morning and purchased some cucumbers from farmer Sumanta Puhana of adjacent Haladharpur village. He gave a `100 note to Puhana.
When Puhana tried to transact the `100 note in a local restaurant, the shopkeeper found it fake. later, Puhana and some locals nabbed Dora while he was trying to flee from the spot and informed police.
The police seized three fake notes of `100 denomination and a `500 fake note from his possession. The cops took him to Jagatpur to conduct an enquiry to find out the source of the fake currency circulation, said Nischintakoili PS IIC PK Behera.