A-grade contractor in counterfeit muddle

NAMCHI, 22 Jan: An A-grade government contractor was arrested yesterday by the Crime Branch, Sikkim Police, on charges of possession and use of fake currency notes. The contractor, Roshan Agarwal, was picked up at Namchi by the CID police and interrogated in the Namchi police station following which he was put under arrest.
However, soon after being arrested, the accused developed medical complications and was taken to the Namchi hospital. From there, he was shifted to the STNM Hospital, Gangtok under policy custody. He was reported to be suffering from anxiety.
The Crime Branch had been tipped off by sources that Roshan Agarwal had attempted to deposit counterfeits at a bank in Namchi. These were detected and rejected, it is learnt. The cops recovered fake notes worth Rs.22,000 from the bank, it is informed.
Sources inform that when the concerned bank official came to know that the notes deposited by Roshan Agarwal were counterfeits the latter was immediately contacted instead of the police. This, is learnt, took place a few days ago.
Sources further inform that the accused claimed to have received the counterfeits in a casino in Nepal. It may be mentioned here that all transactions in casinos in Nepal are in Indian rupees.
While the CID has confiscated the counterfeits from the bank they have to unearth and plug several loose ends of the case. The bank officials, police sources state, should have reported the matter but did not.
The CID has charged Roshan Agarwal for possessing and using as genuine, forged or counterfeit currency notes knowing that they are counterfeit notes. These are charges under 489 B and 489 C of the Indian Penal Code. The case is under investigation at present.