Man with Rs 3L in fake notes held in Bharuch

Surat: The special operation group (SOG) of Bharuch police nabbed one person from Ankleshwar town of Bharuch district on Sunday with fake currency notes.
According to Bharuch police, Jignesh Raninga, a resident of Morthana village of Kamrej taluka of Surat district was carnying 5,644 notes of Rs 50 denomination of Rs 2.82 lakh value.
“We laid a trap on National Highway 58 on Sunday after being tipped off about the accused coming from Surat to Ankleshwar’s Ansari Market with fake notes.Upon checking we found the fake currency notes in his possession,” said P N Patel, inspector, SOG, Bharuch.
Police said that accused Raninga is native of Nandanvan Society in Kaliyabid area of Bhavnagar city.
Cops also seized his mobile number to dig out more links in the FICN racket.
An FIR has been lodged against accused in Ankleshwar Rural police station under various sections of Indian Penal Code including 489 (a) ( counterfeiting currency-notes or bank-notes) and 489(b) ( using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes) among other.