Two held with demonetised currency
Varanasi: Azamgarh police on Thursday arrested two motorcycle borne youth with Rs seven lakh in old currency notes in denomination of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500, which were demonetised in 2016.
Police are trying to know the source of procurement of these currency notes and where they were being taken.
SP Azamgarh Dr Triveni Singh said, two youths on a motorcycle fell down after they lost control on the vehicle near Naraipur under Jiyanpur police station on Thursday morning.
The demonetised currency notes kept in their vehicle also spilled out on the road following which the local natives alerted Jiyanpur police.
Police initially took the duo to a local hospital where they were provided first aid after which they were taken under custody for interrogation, said the SP. The youths, identified as Ankur Yadav and Dabbu Ram of Elval locality under Kotwali police station, divulged during interogation that a youth of their locality Jwala had given them these currency notes for delivering to a person in Gorakhpur.
Police initially took the duo to a local hospital where they were provided first aid after which they were taken under custody for interrogation, said the SP. The youths, identified as Ankur Yadav and Dabbu Ram of Elval locality under Kotwali police station, divulged during interogation that a youth of their locality Jwala had given them these currency notes for delivering to a person in Gorakhpur.
SP Azamgarh said that after getting this input Jwala had also been arrested. He said that further investigation in this connection is in progress.
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