Rajkot: A compounder with a private clinic in Bhavnagar was apprehended by the rapid response (RR) cell of Bhavnagar range police for carrying fake currency notes having face value of Rs 63,300.
Police said that the accused Salman Salim Purani was waiting near Haluriya Chowk in Bhavnagar town on Tuesday as he was planning to exchange the fake notes for the original currency. “We had information about the accused so we detained and checked his bag,” said a police official. Cops found 73 notes of Rs 500 denomination and 134 notes of Rs 200 denomination from Purani.
During questioning, Purani told cops that he had printed the notes at his home on a printer from a scanned image of the original notes. He also said that he was going to exchange the notes for the first time, but he could not as he was arrested. “Punari said that he was in dire need of money, so he had decided to print fake currency notes,” said a cop.