Couple held with fake notes

Unb, Benapole, Jessore
Police arrested a couple along with fake currency notes worth Tk 17,000 while they were depositing those with a bank in Keshabpur upazila on Sunday. The arrestees were identified as madrasa teacher Amjad Hossain and his wife Rahima Begum, of Chingra village in the upazila. Officer in-charge of Keshabpur police station Mir Rezaul Hossain said cash officer of Sagardari branch of Sonali Bank Ltd detected 34 fake notes of Tk 500 denomination when the couple deposited Tk 22,000 against their daughter's account. Later, the bank authorities informed UNO Abud Sayed M Manzur Alam and the OC of Keshabpur police station, who rushed to the bank and arrested the couple.