Youth held with fake currency in Chandigarh

He had been using the fake notes for shopping for the past three months, said police

A 20-year-old youth has been arrested for possessing and using fake currency, Chandigarh Police said on Saturday.

He had procured 180 notes in ₹100 denomination from a man in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, for ₹9,000. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Identified as Parshant Gautam, alias Kaka, 20, of Dadumajra Colony, he was apprehended following a tip-off at a naka in Maloya on Friday night. He was carrying six fake currency notes in ₹100 denomination. Later, 16 more such notes were recovered.

Police said Parshant studied till Class 12 and is unemployed. He had allegedly procured 180 such notes (₹18,000) from a man in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh for ₹9,000, and had been using them for shopping for the past three months.

He was produced in court on Saturday and sent to three-day police remand.