Man held with fake currency worth Rs 24.60 lakh in Hisar

Hisar: A man was arrested with counterfeit currency worth Rs 24.60 lakh in Haryana’s Hisar district on Friday, a police spokesperson said. The accused has been identified as Rohit alias Raman, a resident of Hisar’s Barah Mohalla area, he said.

During investigation, Rohit told police that he got the currency from a Punjab resident on Thursday. He claimed he did not know the supplier’s name, he said.

Rohit earlier worked in a shop in Rajguru Market here and is currently unemployed, the spokesperson said.

The accused has been booked under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, he said.