Bengaluru: Two held for selling stolen Turkish currency

Bengaluru, 09 Dec 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: Two people were arrested by the Electronics City police for trying to sell demonetized Turkish currency at Velankanni Circle.

The arrested are identified as Satyavelu (55), of Krishnagiri and Saravana (38), of Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu.

After learning that two persons with bundles of foreign currency were trying to sell it near Velankanni Circle the police conducted an operation and detained the duo around.

During interrogation, the accused confessed that they had stolen the currency from a passenger on a KSRTC bus on Sunday morning and after realizing it was foreign currency, they decided to sell it.