Asom: 2 lakh of fake currency seized, man arrested

Guwahati, June 5: The Police today seized fake notes worth two Rs lakh from the house of a coal contractor at Jorhat in upper Asom.

Acting on a tip off, an SDPO led a police team and raided the residence of Tel Ali at Nakachari, around 23 km from Jorhat, and recovered the fake notes.

Ali is also an accused in the multi-crore oil pilferage scam that rocked Asom four years back, whose kingpin was Sivasagar-based businessman Putul Gogoi.

Ali was arrested and was being interrogated.

The police refused to give details.

UNI