FAKE CURRENCY RACKET
BY A GT CORRESPONDENT
PONDA: Four persons including one relative of Karnataka MLA have been arrested in connection with fake currency racket in Ponda.
According to Police Inspector CL Patil, four arrested persons namely Shivanan Nagapa Dupadal (26), a resident of Roligiri Honawar, Vijay Kalidas Angal (33) of Bagalkot, Zayad Dastagiri Sad Kopal (32) of Bijapur and Feroz Kadar (25) of Dharwad were arguing over the distribution of their profits near Amigoes Hotel, Ponda yesterday at around 4.30 pm.
Fed up with the commotion, locals contacted the Ponda police station that arrested them and where taken into police station. Upon interrogation, police recovered from them a total of 101 currency of Rs 1000 denomination fake notes. Vijay Dupadal is related to one of the MLA’s in Karnataka.
