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3 picked up for using fake Rs 2,000 note in Nagercoil

Kanyakumari: Police have picked up three people for questioning after they used a fake Rs 2,000 currency note at a cinema in Nagercoil town.

Police sources said that on Friday night one of the three, Ramesh, 38, of Pallivilai, used the note to buy a movie ticket. Suspecting its authenticity, the staff at the ticket counter allowed him to watch the film and alerted the Kottar police.

Police reached the place when the film was halfway through and picked him up.

Based on information, police picked up his friends Dinakaran, 43, of Nagercoil and Joseph Manova, 45, of Aruvilai for questioning. Police said that the trio had photocopied a Rs 2,000 note and used it.

Efforts are on retrieve the photocopier machine. A probe is also underway to find out if they had made more such copies and circulated them.

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