Arunachal: Man held for depositing counterfeit notes in bank

Guwahati: The Arunachal Pradesh police have arrested a man for depositing counterfeit notes in a Cash Deposit Machine (CDM) of the Itanagar branch of State Bank of India (SBI).

The bank informed the police that a total of 68 counterfeit Rs 500 notes, with a value of Rs 34,000, were deposited in their CDM.

The police registered a case based on the complaint.

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A police team soon visited the spot and recorded statements of eyewitness accounts and seized the fake currency notes.

Based on the statements and further investigation, the police prepared a sketch of the suspect and launched a massive manhunt.

The accused, identified as Pubia Nachi, was finally arrested by the police.