TWO HELD WITH FAKE CURRENCY

ROHTAK: The CIA wing of Sirsa police on Wednesday seized counterfeit currency with a face value of ₹3 lakh from two persons, including a woman, police said. The accused have been identified as Gagandeep alias Gagan, a resident of Jalandhar in Punjab and Harpal Kaur of Sirsa. Sirsa CIA in-charge Sudhir Kumar said they were patrolling on Sirsa-barnala road in the district when they spotted the accused coming towards Sirsa on a bike. “After seeing us, Gagandeep took a U-turn and tried to flee. We chased the bike and arrested the duo with fake currency,” the cop added. An FIR has been registered.