10 held, Rs 3.25 cr in demonetised notes recovered

The Basavanagudi police arrested 10 men involved in a currency exchange racket and recovered Rs 3.25 crore worth demonetised notes from them. The arrested are Srinivas Venkatesh (43), Mahesh Mallappa (32), P Karunakara Poomalai (48), Abdul Mujeeb (40), Neelakanta Somashekar (32), H G Jambhana Gowda (62), Narayana Anjanappa (48),  Uday Kumar (34), Karthick Sadashiva (32), and P Rudrakumar (47). The suspects have been booked under sections of 5 and 7 of Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017, and were produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody on Monday.

According to the police, they received information on Sunday evening that a few men were indulging in exchange of old currency notes near Dodda Ganesha Temple in a Maruti van. At around 7.30 pm, they rushed to the spot and confiscated Rs 3.25 crore in demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes from them and arrested them. However, three men, identified as Prasad, Shashi and Rajendra, managed to escape. The police have also seized the van. Basavanagudi police have launched a manhunt for the three and further investigations are on to find out the source of the demonetised notes.

Held for molestation
The Madivala police have arrested a 25-year-old hotel worker from Bihar on the charge of molesting a woman. The arrested has been identified as Narayan. The complainant (also from Bihar) had alleged that on May 13, when she was waiting for a bus at the Silk Board Junction, Narayan touched her inappropriately. She said she raised an alarm and a few passersby thrashed him before handing him over to the police. Narayan claimed that he was blind in one eye. However, police registered a case of molestation and arrested him.